Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is pausing production at its Solihull plant after disruption caused at a supplier in Norway.
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The pause coincides with the five-day Easter holidays shutdown and impacts Range Rover models – Range Rover and Range Rover Sport – assembled at the Solihull plant.
The Financial Times reported that the Norwegian supplier has had its output disrupted by a fire at its facilities.
Last year, JLR was hit by a cyber-attack that seriously disrupted its manufacturing schedule. Output at JLR UK manufacturing plants in Halewood, Solihull and Wolverhampton (engines) was halted as result of the company’s response to the cyber-attack at the end of August 2025 and the stoppage extended through September and into October. It has been estimated that the attack on JLR had a financial impact of GBP1.9 billion ($2.5 billion) and affected over 5,000 UK organisations.
GlobalData analyst Justin Cox noted that fragile supply chains are a feature of the auto industry that is difficult to avoid. “Automakers such as JLR have complex international supply chains for thousands of parts in a typical vehicle. One-off events like this and the disruption to supply of key parts will quickly be felt on the production line when any buffer stocks are exhausted.
“It’s just a consequence of Just-In-Time lean manufacturing systems that all volume manufacturing OEMs are tied to – not specifically an issue for JLR – but it’s probably a good time to review manufacturing processes, supply logistics and risk mitigation strategies.”
