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Urgent: Exterior Paint Supply Issue</td></tr><tr><td width="596" style="padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; width: 447pt; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm; ">Dear Colleague
Following the devastating events in Japan in March we have been closely monitoring and assessing our supply chain in order to identify any issues.
Whilst Jaguar Land Rover has been able to contain potential disruption to date we do now have to take action in respect of one area of supply ""“ Metallic paint.
This issue, which affects a number of automotive manufacturers, relates to the availability of 'xirallic' flakes that are an essential component of some of our metallic paints.
This issue affects 15 of our paint colours for 11MY and 12MY vehicles and as a consequence we are taking the following actions:<ul ="disc"><li ="Msonormal">Replacing colours with close alternatives<li ="Msonormal">Removing or suspending colours from the line-up<li ="Msonormal">Delaying launch of colours[/list]
The 15 affected colours are Santorini Black, Stornoway Grey, Lago Grey, Firenze Red, Baltic Blue, Bali Blue, Kosrae Green, Nara Bronze, Rimini Red, Rousillon Red, Aintree Green, Colima Lime, Barolo Black, Havana and Mauritius Blue.
Replacement Colours- to be introduced in June and maintained in place for several months until further notice:<ul ="disc"><li ="Msonormal">Santorini Black will be replaced with Sumatra Black (previously used on 08MY Freelander)<li ="Msonormal">Stornoway Grey will be replaced with Orkney Grey (identical to the Jaguar colour Lunar Grey)<li ="Msonormal">Baltic Blue will be replaced with Buckingham Blue (previously used on 10MY Solihull products)<li ="Msonormal">Kosrae Green will be replaced with Galway Green[/list]
Removed Colours- no longer available on orders from June onwards. These colours will not be reintroduced:<ul ="disc"><li ="Msonormal">Bali Blue (not available on Discovery and Range Rover Sport from 22/04/11)<li ="Msonormal">Lago Grey<li ="Msonormal">Rimini Red[/list]
Removed and Delayed Colours- not available on orders from June onwards. Reintroduction timing to be confirmed:<ul ="disc"><li ="Msonormal">Nara Bronze<li ="Msonormal">Firenze Red* (will not be introduced on Freelander in May. Limited availability for Freelander LE2 only)<li ="Msonormal">Aintree Green<li ="Msonormal">Colima Lime*<li ="Msonormal">Mauritius Blue*<li ="Msonormal">Barolo Black<li ="Msonormal">Havana<li ="Msonormal">Rousillon Red (limited availability for 11MY Range Rover Ultimate Edition only)[/list]
*Plan to introduce on Range Rover Evoque in Q1 2012
9 Unaffected Colours:<ul ="disc"><li ="Msonormal">Fuji White<li ="Msonormal">Zermatt/Indus Silver<li ="Msonormal">Siberian Silver<li ="Msonormal">Galway Green<li ="Msonormal">Ipanema Sand<li ="Msonormal">Bournville<li ="Msonormal">Marmaris Teal<li ="Msonormal">Tamar Blue<li ="Msonormal">Keswick Green[/list]
Current orders in the order bank will unavoidably be affected and the Sales and Supply Operations team will contact markets to communicate the process for amendments.
We appreciate the disruption this causes and ask for your understanding in managing the constraints we are facing in these unforeseeable circumstances. Our priority with these actions has been to continue to offer our customers a wide range of colour choices.</td></tr></t></table>