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NCR Corp. plans to construct a combination manufacturing plant and engineering facility in Brazil as the world's largest ATM maker continues to take manufacturing in-house. NCR will spend $37.5 million to construct the plant, which is scheduled to open in December and employ 250 workers, Richard Maton, an NCR spokesperson, tells ATM&Debit News, a CardLine sister publication. NCR declined to say where it would build the plant, but the Duluth, Ga.-based company has applied for a building permit in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazil. The announcement is the second this month that NCR has said it will take historically outsourced manufacturing in-house. NCR also plans to take over a rehabilitated manufacturing plant in Columbus, Ga., to make SelfServ ATMs (CardLine, 6/2). The plant in Brazil also will make SelfServ ATMs, and engineers will custom-design the machines to meet customer demands. It will serve banks in Brazil, the rest of South America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Maton says. NCR is constructing its own manufacturing plant because it can help it respond more quickly to the needs of Brazil's market, which NCR wants to dominate, according to Bill Nuti, company CEO and chairman. NCR also expects the facility to reduce operating costs. By manufacturing in-house, NCR will have more control over production. Flextronics International Ltd., a Singapore–based company that has a manufacturing plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has manufactured ATMs for NCR in South America since 2007. "We will work with Flextronics to transition to the new plant," Maton says.
