Toyota says it will "adjust production" at its Deeside engine plant due to a global microchip shortage..
The car giant is to slash worldwide vehicle production by 40% in September because of the issue.
The world's biggest carmaker had planned to make almost 900,000 cars next month, but has now reduced that to 540,000 vehicles.
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In the 海角视频, Toyota has a car plant at Burnaston, in Derbyshire, and an engine plant on Deeside. In a statement, it said: "Toyota is going to great lengths to minimize the impact of the semi-conductor supply shortage that is globally impacting the automotive industry.
"And as such, TM海角视频 Deeside production will be adjusted according to demand."
The Deeside engine plant employs over 600 people. In 2020, a total of 245,118 fully assembled engines were produced for the Burnaston Corolla & Corolla Hybrid vehicles and exported to other Toyota plants building the C-HR, Corolla and Prius Plus.
The aim for Toyota as a whole is to make up for any lost volume by the end of 2021.
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Toyota's success up to now in navigating the chip shortage better than rivals has come down to its larger stockpile of chips under a business continuity plan adopted after the 2011 earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
But a resurgence in COVID-19 cases in Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia - home to auto factories and chip plants - have led to stricter curbs and compounded the crisis.