Industrial engineering group JCB is planning to reduce production at its 海角视频 factories as a result of the coronavirus.
The Staffordshire-based manufacturer said the move was due to anticipated component shortages from Chinese suppliers impacted by the virus outbreak.
It will mean a shorter working week for around 4,000 JCB and agency shop floor employees from next Monday and an immediate suspension of all overtime.
The measures have been discussed with trade union GMB and will see the introduction of a 34-hour week for 海角视频 production employees until further notice.
JCB employees would be paid for a 39-hour week and would bank the hours, working them back later in the year, the company said in a statement.
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The company is headquartered in Rocester, east Staffordshire. Its other affected plants are in Rugeley, Cheadle and Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, Foston in Derbyshire and Wrexham in North Wales.
Chief operating officer Mark Turner said: "The disruption to the component supply chain in the 海角视频 comes at a time when demand for JCB products is very strong so, while this course of action is very unfortunate, it is absolutely necessary to protect the business and our skill base.
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"Production in the 海角视频 has so far been unaffected by the situation in China.
"However, more than 25 per cent of JCB's suppliers in China remain closed and those that have reopened are working at reduced capacity and struggling to make shipments.
"It is therefore clear the inbound supply of certain components from Chinese partners will be disrupted in the coming weeks as they seek to replenish their stocks.
"This inevitably means we will not have the required amount of parts needed to build our forecast number of machines in the short term."
JCB said that, while it would be producing machines in lower than anticipated numbers, it would do so with the same number of employees and would keep the situation under review.