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[其他] Layoffs coming at jet maker Pratt & Whitney

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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.
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0 H) z* f' V, ^" U$ c: A# h& I" VThe 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.' C6 L" K  y) X

# Q6 A- @5 \0 b' f9 z' JIt is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.
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Employees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday.1 |4 y1 r; L) g$ f3 H: a! b

+ X6 w; p  p* o! rThey were told that it could be months before the company decides on the extent and locations of the layoffs.! }0 E) W6 s% m, z3 t' |
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Sources have indicated to Radio-Canada that the division that makes jet engines for business planes could be affected.; }3 O2 {& B; F9 e0 m' Y2 y4 @

# J* _. B6 Q, s2 R4 M9 m5 d2 z! GPratt & 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." o1 w' N7 F5 ~, F( ^, e9 l7 N

$ T% c, s! s3 Y- rNews of layoffs comes just months after Pratt & Whitney Canada announced a $575.3 million plant in Mirabel, north of Montreal. The plant is supposed to assemble and test cleaner, quieter and more efficient jet engines, creating 565 jobs.7 x$ O; b+ v. c. P* q
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Last year, the company also won a major contract to provide more efficient PW810 engines for the Cessna Citation Columbus large business jet.
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9 Q% x/ d* @# G6 s1 {; U8 HPratt & Whitney Canada is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a high-technology company based in Hartford, Conn.
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