Cessna Aircraft, which operates an aircraft assembly plant in Independence, told employees Tuesday that more job cuts are coming as the company experiences more order cancellations and deferrals due to a struggling global economy.

It’s not known how many employees at the Independence plant will be impacted by the new round of layoffs.

Besides another round of job cuts (on top of work reductions earlier this year), company officials announced a two-week, company-wide shutdown that will run from July 6 through July 17, said Cessna spokesman Bob Stangarone.

More information will be released at the end of April when Cessna’s parent company, Textron, releases its first quarter financial results.

Since November, Cessna has announced cuts of 4,600 people, including 4,000 in Wichita.

Today’s news comes as Textron announced that it plans to lower production rates at Cessna and its industrial business units. Most of the Textron’s commercial markets continue to soften in the economic environment and credit markets at its Textron Financial Corp. remain challenging.

• NOTE: Information came from Molly McMillan of the Wichita Eagle.