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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./ K( b& Q. V& o: O2 J$ x& v/ e

, Q# }9 O# p$ y+ S  g$ c% x- sThe 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.
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It is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.& [1 O" s- c, \+ {  Z2 R8 D, J0 e

+ b- {$ B' Q* n! Z* CEmployees 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.: z' N& H' Y* _. R* l+ M4 A# u: w
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Sources have indicated to Radio-Canada that the division that makes jet engines for business planes could be affected.' }& }* C; j) k; U( z8 y

# ?6 L8 v. b3 Z1 }/ L7 K; VPratt & 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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/ g  e6 J/ z, k/ I8 n- ^# u' dNews of layoffs comes just months after Pratt & Whitney Canada announced a $575.3 million plant in Mirabel, north of Montreal. The plant is supposed to assemble and test cleaner, quieter and more efficient jet engines, creating 565 jobs.
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Last year, the company also won a major contract to provide more efficient PW810 engines for the Cessna Citation Columbus large business jet.
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2 q" i# F$ }) s. P5 p1 YPratt & Whitney Canada is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a high-technology company based in Hartford, Conn.
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