NCR Closing Two Plants in Georgia Costing 1K Jobs

NCR Corp. confirmed that it will be shutting down both of its plants in Columbus, Georgia, later this year, resulting in the loss of more than 1,000 jobs, the Ledger-Enquirer reported.

The Atlanta-based company is shuttering another facility in Beijing, too, the Ledger-Enquirer reports.

More than 350 of those jobs are full-time employees while the rest are temps, the Ledger-Enquirer reports.

"While difficult, this move will help ensure that NCR maintains its position as the global leader in ATMs, self-checkout and point-of-sale devices as we accelerate our transformation," NCR spokesman Tim Henschel told the Ledger-Enquirer in an email statement Monday.

One facility will close in August and the other in October, the company told the Ledger-Enquirer.

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