PZL-Świdnik to lay off 800 people - unions

  Aircraft manufacturer PZL-Świdnik, owned by AgustaWestland, may lay-off some 800 workers in the next three years, said Andrzej Słotwiński, unions' representative to the supervisory board. The decision may come after the company has lost a tender for the delivery of helicopters to the Polish army. Meanwhile, Sikorksy owned PZL-Mielec announced that the company plans to make 500 people redundant also as a result of the lost tender. In April, the Ministry of Defense decided to buy 70 French Eurocopters Caracal EC725 manufactured by Airbus. The company wants to locate its manufacturing plant in Łódź.