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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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The 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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8 C# Q2 V, c0 t* x: ZIt is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.6 O  H9 s; J% \0 x5 u
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Employees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday.1 J! l6 I- E# u4 V3 R) _! P

4 H& P  k+ ]! H) {( K, q* Y- @They were told that it could be months before the company decides on the extent and locations of the layoffs.7 v% ?! _8 z8 C! t+ }7 S0 Q1 Y
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Sources have indicated to Radio-Canada that the division that makes jet engines for business planes could be affected.
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% d, l( m! ~" kPratt & 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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2 [* p3 D" F& L6 s* gLast 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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