United Technologies Corp. announced Friday it is laying off 500
salaried and hourly employees worldwide – including some in the
Charlotte area – between now and the end of the year.
The multinational manufacturing and transportation company, which acquired Charlotte-based Goodrich Corp. this past summer, said it is laying off three workers at its Monroe plant and one in its Charlotte aerospace division headquarters.
The company started telling workers Friday, company spokesman Dan Coulom said. The company will continue to notify affected workers through December, Coulom said. He was not aware of additional layoffs planned for the Charlotte area, he said.
“As we assess our global workforce and align our operations with current business conditions, we have to make staffing adjustments required to make sure we remain competitive and manage our cost structure,” Coulom said.
Coulom said the cuts represent less than 2 percent of United Technologies’ roughly 40,000 employees worldwide.
United Technologies’ $18.4 billion acquisition of Goodrich was one of the company’s largest. Goodrich supplied fuel systems, brakes, landing gear, flight control systems and aircraft wheels and seats to various aircraft, military and space markets, and reported $8 billion in sales in 2011.
Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/11/16/3670382/united-technologies-laying-off.html
The multinational manufacturing and transportation company, which acquired Charlotte-based Goodrich Corp. this past summer, said it is laying off three workers at its Monroe plant and one in its Charlotte aerospace division headquarters.
The company started telling workers Friday, company spokesman Dan Coulom said. The company will continue to notify affected workers through December, Coulom said. He was not aware of additional layoffs planned for the Charlotte area, he said.
“As we assess our global workforce and align our operations with current business conditions, we have to make staffing adjustments required to make sure we remain competitive and manage our cost structure,” Coulom said.
Coulom said the cuts represent less than 2 percent of United Technologies’ roughly 40,000 employees worldwide.
United Technologies’ $18.4 billion acquisition of Goodrich was one of the company’s largest. Goodrich supplied fuel systems, brakes, landing gear, flight control systems and aircraft wheels and seats to various aircraft, military and space markets, and reported $8 billion in sales in 2011.
Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/11/16/3670382/united-technologies-laying-off.html
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