Production at all Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) factories around the world has restarted after the Indian-owned British automaker was hit by a cyber attack last month.
The “controlled, phased restart” sees JLR’s Halewood plant in the UK – where the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport are manufactured – building vehicles for the first time since the incident, putting the company’s final closed plant back online.
“This is another important moment for JLR, for our suppliers and our people,” said the company in a statement.
“We’re all super-proud of the resilience of our people and their energy to get back to doing what they do best – building world-class British luxury vehicles for our global clients.”
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The September 1 cyber attack forced production stoppages at JLR plants around the world at an estimated cost of £50 million ($A104 million) a week, while also impacting the broader supply chain in the UK.
Halewood was the final JLR plant to start making vehicles again following the attack, after operations at the Solihull, UK factory – where Range Rover and Range Rover Sport are made – recommenced.
While JLR had restarted some of its plants before this week, question marks remained around when its body shop at Solihull, UK, and its Nitra plant in Slovakia – which manufactures the Land Rover Defender and Discovery – would come back online.
Solihull’s stamping operations are now open, as is the Nitra plant, with Halewood’s reopening marking a symbolic return to all JLR plants getting back to work, even if they’re not yet at full capacity.
JLR has not revealed further details of the cyber attack, which forced it to secure a £1.5 billion (~$A3.1bn) UK government-backed loan to pay suppliers during the production outage.
On top of the loan, JLR commenced a fundraising campaign to generate a further £2 billion (A$4.15bn) to stem its losses.
In addition to the cyber attack, which caused a significant drop in sales, JLR CEO Adrian Mardell announced he will retire at the end of 2025, with PB Balaji set to take over from November 1. MORE: Explore the Land Rover showroom
