WORKERS at chemicals company DuPont's plants in the region should know by the end of this week if they will be affected by major job cuts.
The US firm, which has operations on Teesside and in Darlington, announced on Monday that it was shedding 3,500 jobs across the world.
About 70 per cent of the losses are likely to come in North America, but there could be hundreds of redundancies at sites in Western Europe.
The Teesside plants, at Wilton, are likely to be spared because they are run as joint ventures with other companies.
But DuPont bosses could not confirm whether the powder coatings site, in Whessoe Road, Darlington, which employs about 100 staff, would be affected.
A spokeswoman said last night: "We haven't got any further information at the moment. There may be something by the end of the week."
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