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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.+ V/ B3 y/ N) |8 h/ U
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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.5 [$ {3 i8 V6 K; P* V
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It is not known which of the company's facilities will be touched by the layoffs.  L" H4 V2 G# T/ @2 Q% b

7 q  }# @: c) xEmployees in Quebec received the information about the job cuts on Wednesday.
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  d' ]# `0 O+ q5 HThey were told that it could be months before the company decides on the extent and locations of the layoffs.
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8 N0 A! {' X: {8 t. C* E! mSources have indicated to Radio-Canada that the division that makes jet engines for business planes could be affected., C. H8 \, D& M$ O
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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 h% f: D5 c7 o/ J2 l: C
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News of layoffs comes just months after Pratt & Whitney Canada announced a $575.3 million plant in Mirabel, north of Montreal. The plant is supposed to assemble and test cleaner, quieter and more efficient jet engines, creating 565 jobs.0 Z$ |, B) @# G! M! \% ^
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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.+ `. c0 m$ \1 P2 X" }& G4 {

' v. B0 Y# X$ _4 _4 P8 KPratt & Whitney Canada is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a high-technology company based in Hartford, Conn.
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