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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.- T0 {2 [$ w6 g

& Z+ b7 o8 y# `$ K& n5 G& ^( DThe 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.$ X* F+ k0 s" M2 }

; p9 b& E" H. z4 v5 uIt is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.
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# h  G! p, F& m+ h' z; MEmployees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday., ~+ e8 b* L/ [

# F+ ^' v2 R7 GThey 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.
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* O! |1 J4 `& o5 T+ ~7 CPratt & 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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8 K: K2 q# p4 I6 D& q- l' g2 _( }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.9 @8 k" K+ N" _0 r  I
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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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