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100 Jobs To Be Lost When Plant Closes
Pratt & Whitney To Idle Indianapolis Facility
POSTED: 2:53 pm EDT August 12, 2009
UPDATED: 2:57 pm EDT August 12, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS -- An aircraft engine maker will close its plant in Indianapolis, resulting in the loss of 100 jobs.The Pratt & Whitney plant at 4760 Kentucky Ave. will gradually shut down over the next year and a half.All of the laid-off employees will get severance and job placement help.
The company said it is consolidating its repair services to cut costs."The downturn in the global economy and the aerospace industry is driving us to consolidate our tubes operations to be more competitive," said Greg Brostowicz, a company spokesman.Parent company United Technologies has other Indiana facilities, in Indianapolis, Michigan City and Bloomington.
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