Jaguar Land Rover stops production due to chip shortage

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced that production at two of its UK manufacturing plants will be suspended due to a parts shortage.

The company said operations at its Castle Bromwich (Birmingham) and Halewood (Liverpool) sites would be impacted by a “limited period” of production disruption from next Monday.

It accused a COVID-19 The crisis problem is the shortage of semiconductors, which is being widely announced by the entire industry and is being blamed for the delays among competitors and other companies that rely on computer chips.

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JLR, Britain’s largest carmaker, said it was unclear how long the work stoppages would last but stressed that production at the Solihull plant would continue as normal.

The statement reads: “Like other car manufacturers, we are currently experiencing some COVID-19 Supply chain disruptions, including the global availability of semiconductors, are impacting our production plans and our ability to meet global demand for some of our vehicles.

“For this reason, we have adjusted production schedules for certain vehicles. This means that our Castle Bromwich and Halewood plants will not be producing for a limited period from Monday 26 April.”

“Production at our Solihull plant will continue.

“We are working closely with the affected suppliers to resolve the issues and minimise the impact on customer orders as much as possible.”

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The shortage of computer chips is being blamed on a perfect storm for manufacturers and users around the world.

Production and thus also shipping were carried out by the Coronavirus Crisis at a time when demand is higher than ever.

Honda, which is closing its Swindon plant, is one of the British manufacturers that have blamed a lack of spare parts for production delays, while Renault admitted earlier on Thursday that its sales had been hit by the semiconductor problem.