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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.5 P0 H  d% {% h

0 _% o$ G) p  ?- nThe 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.2 w& }/ u  ]! l) C1 N, }
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It is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.3 w  h$ B2 Y' s
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Employees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday., h) u! z8 \- V5 h" @4 L

4 E0 V1 i' `( v5 [* }$ K3 _They were told that it could be months before the company decides on the extent and locations of the layoffs.
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' u/ s; E/ F& L* [3 T( vSources have indicated to Radio-Canada that the division that makes jet engines for business planes could be affected.
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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.
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# k. i5 k/ H8 a2 MNews 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.
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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.9 X/ M: l6 @" t+ b

) M0 }: S1 e5 [! ]2 @. YPratt & Whitney Canada is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a high-technology company based in Hartford, Conn.
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