Rockwell Collins.

PositionON THE ROCKS

About 130 of Rockwell Collins' roughly 1,600 employees in Winston-Salem are losing their jobs as the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based company shifts more production to the Philippines. Rockwell shareholders in January approved the company's $30 billion proposed sale to United Technologies, announced in September. Rockwell entered Winston-Salem in April when it bought B/E Aerospace, a Florida-based maker of airplane seats and other cabin-interior products, for $8.6 billion.

Now, Rockwell will combine with United's Charlotte-based UTC Aerospace division, formed when the company bought...

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