NCR to Relocate HQ to Georgia

NCR is relocating its headquarters to Georgia and is opening a manufacturing facility in that state. The long-time Dayton, Ohio, corporate citizen will now make its home in Duluth, Ga., and has selected Columbus, Ga., as the site of its new North American manufacturing plant.

According to NCR, the move will create 2,000 additional jobs in Georgia as a result of a new global self-service innovation headquarters and a manufacturing site for the company's next generation NCR SelfServ ATM family.

NCR's latest investment follows its announcement last October that it would establish a global Center of Excellence for its worldwide customer services business in Peachtree City, Ga., creating 916 jobs. NCR's retail line of business is already based in Duluth.

Approximately 1,250 additional jobs will be created at NCR's existing facility in Duluth by centralizing business strategy, technology development and support functions into a single U.S. campus from several offices, including NCR's current worldwide headquarters in Dayton, Ohio. NCR's operations in Dayton will continue to include its data center and support for local customers.

Approximately 870 jobs will be created at a new Columbus, Ga., site which NCR will use to manufacture advanced ATMs, including intelligent deposit, to drive its leadership in the North America market. NCR will begin recruiting immediately for its manufacturing plant.

The headquarters consolidation will commence in July. The company says it will provide career counseling for those in Ohio impacted by the move.

"The decision to consolidate functions in Georgia and build a technology focused corporate headquarters campus is right in line with our business strategy to drive growth, improve our innovation output, increase productivity and continually upgrade our focus on the customer," said Bill Nuti, NCR's chairman and CEO, in a statement. "We will decrease time-to-market for innovative solutions, improve our internal collaboration, deliver next generation employee education programs and lower our current operating costs."