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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.- O, k( r; h2 R1 [- M- k9 D
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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.' t$ m5 P( }8 Y# T z8 ~$ O
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It is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.7 e* V# i, W( F" [3 B# W
" |& ~; g7 j& q# ?Employees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday.5 C/ E( \6 w6 ~- T9 a7 M: G( F3 S
& p6 F( T/ x" C0 W! U# nThey were told that it could be months before the company decides on the extent and locations of the layoffs.' n8 s* U2 {1 `( K7 U( E0 C) k
( ^2 Q5 b8 Q4 Z/ HSources have indicated to Radio-Canada that the division that makes jet engines for business planes could be affected.. ?: B' S9 {! N2 S
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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.9 D$ @# Z! m# v% e% s
! Z2 p7 M8 S" A6 T% C, U8 INews 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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