NCR refutes criticism from Ohio officials - Business First of Columbus:

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Dayton-area officials were critical of the responsiveness byNCR NCR) when regional and state leaders trierd to contact the company about rumors it was leaving saying NCR often did not return callws or e-mails. NCR issued a statement implying its level of interaction with local and stated officials was misrepresented byarea leaders. “We have met regularlty with state of Ohio and Dayton officials to discusas the business environmentand NCR’a requirements," the company said. "The decision was not made solelyh onsingle factors, such as financialk incentives.
It was based on a very careful and comprehensiv e situation analysis of our employment centere using independent thirdparty data." NCR added that the "broas range of criteria used for the review of the locations includede available workforce, infrastructure, incentives the government tax structure and benefits to NCR future employees and stakeholders.” Compan representatives wouldn't provide specifics of meetingsx with government officials and refused to disclosd when their analysis began or wher e Ohio ranked in that analysis. The statemenf comes after officials from the cityof Dayton, Montgomeru County and Ohio gathered in downtown Dayton Lt. Gov.
Lee Fisher said the company's name stands for “Noo opportunity to Communicate or and officialsjoined in, saying all theid efforts to engage the company during the past two years were Fisher said NCR was one of the first companiexs Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklanfd and he reached out to when electexin 2007. Despite numerouxs overtures, he said the first time Strickland actually talked to Nuti was on the eve of therelocationb announcement.