Columbus or Savannah may get Fortune 500 company (Atlanta, Duluth: attorney, unemployment rate)

[BradleyCasonga]

Originally Posted by J2rescue

They reportedly started accepting applications yesterday and will hire 400 by the end of the year. They expect to reach 875 over the next five years.

Ledger Enquirer says 210 by end of year with further breakdowns year by year.

[yerocal]

Originally Posted by Sam552311

Oops....!!
What happened?
Columbus never had a remote chance.

Macon was among the final sites for the plant, along with Columbus and maybe one other city, Topping said. But state officials told him last week that Columbus had won out because that city already had a building that more closely fit NCR’s specific needs, he said.

[ATLCOL1]

Originally Posted by Saintmarks

ATLCOL, I don't have a dog in this fight, but I see you and the city of Columbus get maligned so often in these forums that I am happy for both of you and a little 'in your face' back at these guys is rightly yours!

I appreciate the support! Amazing how good ol Sam has been so quiet all of a sudden......hmmmmm...wonder why?

[BradleyCasonga]

Originally Posted by ATLCOL1

I appreciate the support! Amazing how good ol Sam has been so quiet all of a sudden......hmmmmm...wonder why?

Again in all fairness to Sam and other posters you have booted it quite a few times yourself and have been guilty of being selective in answering posts too.
I don't think anybody could confirm the NCR move either way.

[ATLCOL1]

Originally Posted by BradleyCasonga

Again in all fairness to Sam and other posters you have booted it quite a few times yourself and have been guilty of being selective in answering posts too.
I don't think anybody could confirm the NCR move either way.

I answer every post that is directed at me if it is a question or some false statement. Most of the statements are not worth my time to respond too.

[ATLCOL1]

Interesting article from the AJC:

Columbus Crowing Over NCR Plant

Wednesday, June 03, 2009


Columbus is hearing cash registers sing with the news that NCR will bring a manufacturing plant and 870 jobs to the mostly military and industrial city.


“We have a lot of growth here in Columbus,” said Chris McCoy, general manager of Peachtree Mall in Columbus. “We’re excited about this move.”


NCR, maker of cash registers, self-checkouts, ATMs and airline check-in kiosks, announced Tuesday it will move its headquarters from Ohio to Duluth, and open a new ATM plant in Columbus.

For Columbus, it’s believed to be one of the largest growth announcements in nearly three decades from a company not born in the West Georgia city. Pratt & Whitney was the last such company, announcing a major facility in 1982.


Columbus expects the NCR manufacturing facility, which will open this December, to generate an estimated $2 million in annual sales tax revenue. It will also add to the city’s corporate A-list, which is highlighted by locally based insurer Aflac, Synovus Financial and payments processor TSYS.


Aflac plans to add 2,000 new employees over the next three years. Later this year, Kia will open its plant in West Point, about 40 miles north. An expansion at Fort Benning, a major Army installation, will bring an additional 25,000 to 30,000 military employees and their families to Columbus.
The region has added more than $3 billion in new capital investment and 20,000 new jobs during the last 10 years, according to The Valley Partnership, a regional economic partnership set up to attract investments to the area.

“This is pretty exciting for west Georgia when you add the impact of Kia, the Aflac expansion not long ago, and the new people moving into Fort Benning,” said Ken Stewart, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development. “This is just one more great expansion for them.”
Columbus has not been immune from the recession, but its unemployment rate is on the low side for the state’s metro areas. It was 8.3 percent in April, vs. 9.1 percent statewide.


At full capacity, the new NCR plant will have an annual payroll of more than $35 million, according to Columbus Mayor Jim Wetherington.


NCR already is hiring for positions in engineering, materials management, quality assurance, finance and direct labor. Jobs are listed on the NCR Web site and the Georgia Department of Labor Web site. A job fair is planned for June 13 in Columbus, at which NCR hopes to fill 88 production positions. Separately, the company will be looking for 26 professional positions, including engineering and management slots, and 88 material handlers and assemblers, according to the Web site.
Average pay for jobs at the plant will be $40,000, NCR officials said.


Peter Dorsman, NCR senior vice president of global operations, said most of the jobs in Columbus will be new positions.


NCR chose Columbus over Savannah and Macon and other Georgia cities competing for the plant. Columbus also beat cities in Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Mexico and Brazil, who were in the running, the Columbus Ledger-Inquirer reported.


Columbus economic development officials offered NCR a $10 million package, which includes a 340,000 square foot leased building, formerly occupied by Panasonic, with an adjacent new facility also planned. Panasonic made batteries at the plant until it moved its operations to Thailand in 2007.

[BradleyCasonga]

Originally Posted by ATLCOL1

Interesting article from the AJC:

Same info on several boards.
Nothing new.
This is first OOT company in 30 years?

Columbus dispatch info......

While Columbus is celebrating the addition of 800 jobs with relocation of NCR to Columbus we must remember those 800 job losses in Ohio.....Perhaps Char Broil and other local companies should sit up and take notice..



Reports from Dayton, Ohio suggest NCR employees will be offered the opportunity to move to Georgia.



A different issue arose about the NCR move Wednesday. Mayor Jim Wetherington admitted he's asked the Obama administration for permission to use federal stimulus money for the new ATM plant. the mayor revealed this to the Columbus Dispatch- a newspaper in Ohio.



Mayor Wetherington says the city of Columbus has $1.5 million set aside, for improving the old Panasonic battery plant. But he wants to use federal stimulus money to build another large building nearby. Why spend 10m plus 4m more for improvements when sales tax projections from workers will only be 2m a year? Well, why stop there? Let's construct that building so it can double as the long-delayed natatorium.



Mayor Wetherington told the Columbus Dispatch he "wouldn't have a problem" using federal stimulus money to bring jobs to Columbus from Dayton. But he admitted other people might disagree -- and sure enough, politicians in Ohio do. They're wondering why a "law-and-order" mayor would support the grand theft of hundreds of jobs.

[ATLCOL1]

Originally Posted by BradleyCasonga

Same info on several boards.
Nothing new.
This is first OOT company in 30 years?

With this many jobs yes. There have been other big jobs announcements through the years, but it has mainly been between 200-300. Columbus has gained a lot of jobs in the last 10 years, but we haven't had one company come in and create nearly 900 at once that is an out of town company.

With your other post, yes it is sad to see Ohio lose this many jobs. But you have to remember, this is business and it comes with competition. One states loss is anothers gain, that's just corporate America.

[BradleyCasonga]

Originally Posted by ATLCOL1

With this many jobs yes. There have been other big jobs announcements through the years, but it has mainly been between 200-300. Columbus has gained a lot of jobs in the last 10 years, but we haven't had one company come in and create nearly 900 at once that is an out of town company.

With your other post, yes it is sad to see Ohio lose this many jobs. But you have to remember, this is business and it comes with competition. One states loss is anothers gain, that's just corporate America.

I agree but would confirm that Columbus has lost more jobs than it has gained over the last 10 years correct?
The city lost twice the NCR jobs if not more when Charbroil dumped the city and headed to China alone.

[aboutmetro]

This is quite a coup for Columbus. With the shift from a manufacturing economy to service and distribution economy, economic development folks in Columbus have struggled to recruit major manufacturing because of the lack of Interstate access.