MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Heavy-lift helicopter company Erickson Air-Crane is laying off 117 workers from its plant in Central Point.
The Mail Tribune (http://bit.ly/sIXjLq ) reported Thursday that CEO Udo Rieder issued a statement saying the company had to cut costs in reaction to the uncertain global economic outlook.
The company builds specialty heavy-lift helicopters and operates a fleet of them around the world, mostly doing logging and firefighting.
General counsel and secretary Ed Rizzuti says the company’s commercial and government customers are feeling pressure to cut costs.
