UK’s largest carmaker to halt production at Halewood and Castle Bromwich for at least a week to assess supplies
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to temporarily shut down production at two of its main UK factories because of a shortage of computer chips, in the latest sign of the difficulties facing the global car industry during the pandemic.
The company, which is owned by the Indian conglomerate Tata and has the UK’s largest automotive manufacturing operation, confirmed to the Guardian it would have a “limited period of non-production” at its plants in Castle Bromwich in the West Midlands and Halewood on Merseyside – where together nearly 6,000 workers are employed – starting on Monday.