Jaguar to cut production to ‘safeguard long-term success’

JAGUAR Land Rover is set to halt production on some days due to the challenges in the global car market.

The changes will mean production will entirely stop for either full or half days at both the car giant’s Solihull and Castle Bromwich factories.

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Solihull plant will also see some production suspended, depending on the area of the business, between now and end March, reports BirminghamLive.

Meanwhile the Castle Bromwich plant will also be halting production on some half and full days from the end of this month until the end of March.

It is believed staff were briefed about the changes on February 6.

For the 2019 calendar year, JLR retail sales were 557,706, down 5.9 per cent compared to 2018.

A spokeswoman from JLR said: “Through its ongoing transformation programme, Jaguar Land Rover is taking action to optimise performance, enable sustainable growth and safeguard the long-term success of our business.

“The external environment remains challenging for our industry and the company is taking decisive actions to achieve the necessary operational efficiencies to safeguard long-term success.

“We have confirmed that our Solihull and Castle Bromwich plants will make some minor changes to their production schedules to reflect fluctuating demand globally, whilst still meeting customer needs.

“Jaguar Land Rover is continuing to invest heavily in its UK manufacturing operations with significant investment recently committed to Castle Bromwich for production of the new all electric Jaguar XJ and Solihull which will build the next generation of Range Rover.”

The spokeswoman added: “We will be suspending production on some days or half days during that time.”

The Unite union had no comment to make at this point.