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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., Q( v. Z3 K& Y; }( h6 _& _4 O
) ?* f7 Z# ~1 `5 {& W6 cThe 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.. A3 ^9 F9 E! [4 _
+ R6 p U' q- ]3 N: j3 wIt is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.3 G; o8 q* N% L/ l/ P
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Employees 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.* I, t: H |- a, u0 a
7 Y2 W- s1 N H- L/ r* E. ?Sources have indicated to Radio-Canada that the division that makes jet engines for business planes could be affected.& f n& W7 x5 Q" l# q, H. T
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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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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., g; z6 T" Q9 [+ B
1 s w T, o1 l' v" n6 U) kPratt & Whitney Canada is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a high-technology company based in Hartford, Conn. |
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