production at jlrs chinese factory would recommence on feb 24 coventry jaguar land rover jlr has flown chinese parts in suitcases to britain to maintain production and could run out after two weeks as the impact of the coronavirus outbreak hits firms across countries and industries britains biggest carmaker which operates three car factories in its home market making nearly 400000 vehicles a year joined major global companies such as apple in warning of the impact of the virus on supply chains fiat chrysler said last week it had temporarily halted output at its serbian plant the first such suspension by an automaker in europe in response to the health crisis advt components made in china are used in millions of vehicles assembled around the world and hubei province the centre of the virus outbreak is a major hub for vehicle parts production and shipments we are safe for this week and we are safe for next week and in the third week we have parts missing chief executive ralf speth told reporters at the official opening of the national automotive innovation centre in coventry central england we have flown parts in suitcases from china to the uk he said production at the firms chinese factory would recommence on feb 24 and was safe for the very first week he added the new coronavirus has killed some 1900 people in china and infected around 72000 confining millions to their homes disrupting businesses and delaying reopening of factories after the extended lunar new year holiday break speth said sales in china the worlds biggest auto market had been hit that comes after jlr had seen a recovery in sales there helping it to return to profitability in recent quarters thats completely stopped its zero he said you dont know whether the economy will catch up or whether this kind of loss is just a loss the boss of tata motors jlrs parent company speaking at the same event said its indian suppliers did not have sufficient visibility regarding parts from china advt we are safe for the month of february and for a good part of march said guenter butschek are we fully covered at this point of time for the full month of march unfortunately not read alsojlr shows signs of life but china virus may pose problemsjlr to reduce production at two uk plants reuters published on feb 19 2020 at 0804 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to