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November 13, 2006

GTECH moves downtown

PROVIDENCE -- As anticipated, about 500 employees of GTECH Holdings Corp. moved into the company's new Providence headquarters near the State House today.

The company closed Thursday and Friday to observe Veterans Day and used the time to move its computer systems and other equipment into the building, according to Robert Vincent, vice president of corporate communications.

"Everything is functioning," Vincent said, noting that the move went "remarkably smoothly."

GTECH's former headquarters in West Greenwich won't be empty for long. Amgen Inc. is scheduled to move in near first of next year, according to Vincent. Some 300 to 400 GTECH manufacturing employees still work out of West Greenwich.

Lawmakers put together a deal in 2003 to give GTECH a 20-year contract to run the state's lottery in return for building a headquarters in Providence.

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