Tata Motors announces that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has restarted manufacturing following a cyber incident in early September 2025. Operations began at the Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre and Battery Assembly Centre on October 8, 2025. To support suppliers, JLR is introducing a new financing solution to ensure prompt payments and aid their cashflow. The company expects to release its Q2 FY26 sales figures later today.
JLR Production Resumes
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), a subsidiary of Tata Motors, has announced the phased restart of its manufacturing operations. This follows a cyber incident that caused an interruption in early September 2025. The initial phase of the restart began on October 8, 2025, at the Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EPMC) and the Battery Assembly Centre (BAC) in the West Midlands, UK.
Supplier Support Initiative
To assist its suppliers during this period, JLR is introducing a new financing solution. This scheme aims to improve the cashflow for qualifying JLR suppliers by providing faster payments than standard terms. The financing will involve a banking partner, ensuring suppliers receive a majority prepayment soon after the order point and a final payment on receipt of invoice. JLR will reimburse financing costs to participating suppliers. The typical supplier payment terms are 60 days post invoice; this scheme could accelerate payments by up to 120 days.
Operational Updates
JLR colleagues are returning to stamping operations in Castle Bromwich, Halewood, and Solihull. Manufacturing in Nitra, Slovakia, and the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport production lines at Solihull will closely follow. A dedicated help desk and a manual payment system were introduced for outstanding invoices following the cyber incident. JLR is now re-establishing automated supplier payment systems. The new scheme will initially focus on key suppliers critical to production restart, with plans to expand it.
Executive Commentary
Adrian Mardell, Chief Executive Officer of JLR, stated, “This week marks an important moment for JLR and all our stakeholders as we now restart our manufacturing operations following the cyber incident. We are launching a new financing arrangement that will enable us to pay our suppliers early, using the strength of our balance sheet to support their cashflows.”
JLR’s Q2 FY26 sales figures will be published later today, October 7, 2025.
Source: BSE
