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Archive Home > 2007 > August > 14 > Columbia Aircraft furloughs 300

Columbia Aircraft furloughs 300

Part of production shut down as supplier halts shipments of plane part

By Chuck Chiang / The Bulletin
August 14, 2007

Bend-based Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corp. has indefinitely furloughed about 300 workers after one of its suppliers suspended shipments of a critical airplane part, Columbia announced late Monday.

The layoffs, which drop the company’s work force to fewer than 200 employees, is....

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