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Aircraft engine maker Pratt & Whitney Canada is poised to lay off as many as 1,000 employees worldwide in the coming months.* G9 n' A5 r, ~! e. w. N$ c
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The company employs 10,000 people around the world, including 7,000 people in Canada. Most of the company's workforce is in the province of Quebec.- ?/ S. j7 h. [( a
& V7 B! U: D9 h' O6 ~4 k s! XIt is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.
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5 F3 ]* u% @5 A$ J; N+ n( s' XEmployees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday.6 A4 v4 q0 b- m9 a# a1 M
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They were told that it could be months before the company decides on the extent and locations of the layoffs.
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Sources have indicated to Radio-Canada that the division that makes jet engines for business planes could be affected.( u# l8 }4 A% _: s$ a/ [3 X _3 n
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Pratt & Whitney Canada makes jets for Bombardier and Cessna, two airplane makers that have announced their own cuts due to a slowdown in the aerospace industry.) ^/ s5 x0 P8 @2 r w4 c7 k
, ?$ H0 z# H7 x& `; ~; L" VNews of layoffs comes just months after Pratt & Whitney Canada announced a $575.3 million plant in Mirabel, north of Montreal. The plant is supposed to assemble and test cleaner, quieter and more efficient jet engines, creating 565 jobs.+ c; e# c! E. [
) N0 |( |- s* S$ KLast year, the company also won a major contract to provide more efficient PW810 engines for the Cessna Citation Columbus large business jet. w. ^$ j. `0 _+ V( X8 H7 e) m7 P. E
' g. d1 ? w$ y# ePratt & Whitney Canada is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a high-technology company based in Hartford, Conn. |
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