Pratt & Whitney to Relocate 1000 Jobs, Some Overseas

Pratt & Whitney will relocate jobs its Cheshire, Connecticut repair plant to other company plants, in Columbus, Georgia and in Singapore.

And an East Hartford airfoil repair plant would be closed, and its jobs sent overseas. One thousand jobs are in danger.

Pratt & Whitney is an American aircraft engine manufacturer of products widely used in both civil and military aircraft. In addition to aircraft engines, Pratt & Whitney manufactures gas turbines for industrial and power generation, marine turbines, and rocket engines. The company’s over 38,500 employees support more than 9,000 customers in 180 countries.

Pratt is a division of Hartford-based United Technologies.