Jaguar Land Rover to Restart Further Production After Cyberattack — Update

By Dominic Chopping

Jaguar Land Rover launched a new plan to help boost cash flow for its suppliers as it announced the restart of further manufacturing after a crippling cyberattack.

Certain suppliers that are critical to the automaker's restart of production will now receive cash upfront, with the plan soon set to be expanded to others, including some nonproduction suppliers.

The move comes after the U.K. government recently stepped in to provide financial support for the company, underwriting a 1.5 billion-pound ($2.02 billion) loan guarantee in a bid to support the company's cash reserves and help it pay suppliers.

The U.K. automaker, owned by India's Tata Motors, discovered a cyberattack in late August, forcing the company to shut down its computer systems and halt production.

After a series of delays, the company last week began to restart some sections of its manufacturing operations.

JLR has U.K. plants in Solihull and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, in addition to Halewood in Merseyside. Outside of the U.K., it has a manufacturing facility in Nitra, Slovakia.

From Wednesday, engine building and battery assembly centers will restart, as will metal stamping and certain body shop, paint shop and logistics operations. Vehicle manufacturing in Nitra and the restart of Range Rover and Range Rover Sport production lines at Solihull will follow later this week.

"This week marks an important moment for JLR and all our stakeholders as we now restart our manufacturing operations following the cyber incident," Chief Executive Adrian Mardell said in a statement Tuesday.

An update on next steps, including regarding the Halewood plant, will follow, the company said.

Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com

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October 07, 2025 06:33 ET (10:33 GMT)