GPS maker TomTom cuts six US jobs

TomTom Inc., a Concord maker of navigation devices for cars and other vehicles, yesterday confirmed it has eliminated six US jobs in response to slowing sales in some of its markets.

While sales of devices using global position system technology for cars is projected to double in the United States this year, sales of navigation devices for trucks and of navigation software for handheld computers has been slower than anticipated, said Jocelyn Vigreux, president of TomTom Inc.

"I'm not going to sugarcoat this," Vigreux said. "We're in a bit of a slowdown right now."

Still, he said, TomTom plans to add jobs in areas like testing and trade marketing, growing its US workforce by 20 to 25 percent next year. The company, a subsidiary of the Dutch navigation and mapping company TomTom NV, now employs 95 workers in the United States, including about 80 in Concord. (By Robert Weisman, Globe staff)