NCR - National Cash Register

Credit: NCR Archive

Credit: NCR Archive

Though NCR – once known as National Cash Register – is no longer based in Dayton, its history will always be twined with this city.

John Patterson, legendary founder of NCR, oversaw a rescue response during the Great Flood of 1913, which devastated several communities along the Great Miami River. The company had 11,000 local employees by the end of 1949 and 18,000 in 1966.

But a long exodus from Dayton to other sites globally probably began in the 1970s, if not earlier, and by 2009, NCR had just 1,300 employees in Dayton, fewer than it had in Georgia by that point.

By June 2009, the company announced a move to the Atlanta area, something residents and leaders long feared and suspected. Some of NCR’s executive team remains based in New York City, where current CEO Bill Nuti has long worked.

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