Mass Layoffs Hit Samsung Supplier as Electronics Plant Closure Spreads Job Losses

A major supplier to Samsung's electronics plant in Galanta has announced plans to lay off 230 workers, adding to the wave of job cuts triggered by the South Korean company's decision to close its Slovak facility. The Galanta labor office confirmed the mass layoff notification from a plastic components supplier, which opposition politicians identified as Jasplastik, owned by Hungarian company Jász-Plasztik. The Matúškovo-based company employs 450 people total, meaning it could lose up to half its workforce. The layoffs demonstrate the cascading effect of Samsung's plant closure on the broader supply chain network that supported the major electronics manufacturing operation in western Slovakia.