Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has to shut down production at a UK factory for almost two weeks due to problems in its supply chain. It is another setback for the British carmaker, which also had to shut down production last year due to a cyber attack.
The British carmaker, owned by India's Tata Motors, announced the production halt late last week. Production of both Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models at its plant in the UK's Solihull in West Midlands has been halted.
Production halted until early April
The production freeze will last until 8 April. The period also includes a longer-planned five-day production halt due to the Easter weekend.
The Financial Times reports that the new production halt is linked to supply problems at a Norwegian supplier, which was hit by fire. A supplier to JLR reported in an explanation to the financial newspaper that the production stop was "completely unexpected".
Cyber attack
It is the second time in a year that JLR has been forced to halt production. The company shut down its production for almost a month last year after it was hit by a cyber attack. Systems of the company were encrypted with ransomware in the process.
The production shutdown then affected all JLR's factories. The impact was extensive. For instance, the UK Cyber Monitoring Centre estimates the total damage caused by the cyber attack at £1.9 billion, or around €2.18 billion.
Loss of 310 million pounds
Thus, for the fourth quarter of 2025, the company reported a loss of £310 million. By comparison, in the same quarter a year earlier, profits stood at £523 million.
Turnover fell 39% to £4.5 billion over the same period.
Supply chain hit hard
The supply chain, which is estimated to employ some 200,000 people, was also hit hard by the cyber attack. Thus, suppliers saw their sales and turnover decline.
Johnathan Dudley, responsible for manufacturing at accountancy firm Crowe, points to the impact of the new production halt at JLR. "Suppliers were able to take the initial hit from the cyber attack, but I fear that another two weeks could be the knockout for some," Dudley said.
