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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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7 J+ w. P; z7 ]$ Y4 _9 A# XThe 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.& V' d' N. }: V1 p) D1 u

/ e. K0 H0 W! N6 @3 {It is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.( ^0 D3 N) A  [0 L- `6 x. a
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Employees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday.2 `$ K& X  D; C' n

# O8 j8 x, |, s3 A5 R6 T, `They were told that it could be months before the company decides on the extent and locations of the layoffs.- g  q7 s8 E1 B6 o( F
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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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( I8 N+ y9 F4 f& c3 ?3 jPratt & 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 $575.3 million plant in Mirabel, north of Montreal. The plant is supposed to assemble and test cleaner, quieter and more efficient jet engines, creating 565 jobs.7 d( U7 S/ u! A$ M2 H# ^

! Q  {# S7 R2 p) ]( Q) N: Q( NLast year, the company also won a major contract to provide more efficient PW810 engines for the Cessna Citation Columbus large business jet.3 b# a, t8 o6 O7 w
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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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