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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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8 u! j% }* P, `# }7 I" x3 tThe 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.% a. f% ^ ^5 Z* v
8 b5 {) K( d# s- J/ J, JIt is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.& z: J/ J7 A/ C3 X0 \
9 z" m) r0 Q5 C OEmployees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday.$ u F3 L+ q+ y1 g' ^
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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.$ o+ }: ?- S8 ?) }0 x
3 \- `. \$ }- A$ R9 R( |# p# g0 UPratt & 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.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a high-technology company based in Hartford, Conn. |
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