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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.* @* E& |' {0 a6 Q) w) K
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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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. P, Q* {- q& n- }0 z7 W! O, e+ cIt is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.: u5 ?1 Q, n) d# R% y& `3 N- o  V6 b

: g7 O; X+ d; kEmployees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday.
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6 c3 L3 }. a5 Q6 qThey were told that it could be months before the company decides on the extent and locations of the layoffs./ G: l, X5 D2 R1 Z- I
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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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) ~: O: b$ y; n- g3 g, O1 O6 {( TPratt & 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.5 p; e# \7 R( V

! x8 I0 ^# M7 L4 s  W" h$ O/ G" ~News of layoffs comes just months after Pratt & Whitney Canada announced a $575.3 million plant in Mirabel, north of Montreal. The plant is supposed to assemble and test cleaner, quieter and more efficient jet engines, creating 565 jobs.
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Last year, the company also won a major contract to provide more efficient PW810 engines for the Cessna Citation Columbus large business jet.
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; b& t$ R. E% A0 N5 \* @3 UPratt & Whitney Canada is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a high-technology company based in Hartford, Conn.
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