美国仅存的海绵钛生产商Timet公司，决定修改以前制定的2002年要满负荷生产的计划，并着手公司新一轮的裁员。 公司董事长兼总裁J. L. Martin说，公司的Henderson(亨德森)厂的后半年的海绵钛产量要削减到产能的70%。这一改变是6个月前做出的。当时公司主管人员曾说，尽管熔炼生 Timet, the only titanium titanium producer in the United States, decided to revise the previous plan for full-load production in 2002 and set off on a new round of layoffs. J.L. Martin, chairman and president of the company, said that the production of sponge titanium in the company’s Henderson plant will be reduced to 70% of capacity in the second half of the year. This change was made six months ago. At the time, company executives had said that despite the smelting