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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 z5 ?) p$ `' h+ N7 q& hThe 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.; ?. A0 R) y5 L) |4 q9 \+ F

& d$ @( B( H1 U0 c. M6 c( c% H3 OIt is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.2 e1 {( y  F( a1 F& G8 b  U8 h( y

2 }& s5 O2 t4 c# n6 jEmployees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday.
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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.8 g5 O8 m' b. o- ?

2 ?$ Q0 R8 K' [- cPratt & 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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- `0 i- n  r/ s9 {% {News of layoffs comes just months after Pratt & Whitney Canada announced a $575.3 million plant in Mirabel, north of Montreal. The plant is supposed to assemble and test cleaner, quieter and more efficient jet engines, creating 565 jobs.
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Last year, the company also won a major contract to provide more efficient PW810 engines for the Cessna Citation Columbus large business jet.0 G: u/ P' J8 {, n$ J

$ J  O9 b; A7 h- _Pratt & Whitney Canada is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a high-technology company based in Hartford, Conn.
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