North Carolina and Virginia were heavily wooing Green-based Diebold Inc. to build a new global headquarters in those states.
And related talks to keep Diebold in Ohio weren't looking good. The corporate ghost of NCR — which moved its headquarters from Dayton to Georgia in 2009 — haunted state officials.
But on Tuesday, Diebold executives and Gov. John Kasich formally announced the global manufacturer of ATMs and security systems will stay in the Akron-Canton area. Diebold will build a new $100 million global headquarters, thanks in large part to a $56 million state incentives package.
Diebold won't say specifically where in the region it hopes to build. A specific location could be announced in a couple of months, executives of the $2.8 billion company said. Diebold said it hopes to break ground in early 2012 for the project, which will consolidate five of its seven Northeast Ohio operations under one roof. ........... (more)
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