Samsung ditches New Jersey for Texas — costing Garden State 1,000 jobs

Nypost · Jun 03, 2026 · 786 words · By Ariel Zilber

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Samsung ditches New Jersey for Texas — costing Garden State 1,000 jobs See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Samsung ditches New Jersey for Texas — costing Garden State 1,000 jobs See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleSamsung is pulling up stakes in New Jersey and heading to Texas, a move that could leave roughly 1,000 Garden State workers facing a stark choice: relocate or risk losing their jobs.

Common ground

The South Korean tech giant confirmed this week that it will move its US headquarters from Englewood Cliffs, NJ, to its existing campus in Plano, Texas, marking a stunning reversal less than a year after it celebrated the opening of a new headquarters in…

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/06/03/business/samsung-ditches-new-jersey-for-texas-cost…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Samsung has not announced any layoffs tied directly to the relocation”

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The provided evidence discusses general layoffs or unrelated Exynos layoffs from 2019, but does not provide a current official statement regarding layoffs specifically tied to the NJ-to-Texas relocation.

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web search NEUTRAL — As a result, nearly 300 employees will be losing their jobs right at the end of 2019. Of course, Samsung has not made any official announcement regarding the effect on its Exynos chips, especially aft…
https://www.slashgear.com/samsung-exynos-in-trouble-as-major…

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web search NEUTRAL — [LIVE] Tracking all tech and startup layoffs since 2020. This page is constantly being updated.
https://layoffs.fyi/

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web search NEUTRAL — Companies with AI and Automation-related layoffs in 2025, companies with more than 100 layoffs reported to have been a result of AI implementation. Artificial intelligence and automation were among th…
https://www.rationalfx.com/forex-brokers/global-tech-sector-…

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Claim 2: “Samsung consolidated much of its North Texas office presence in Plano’s Legacy Central development in 2019”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the 2019 consolidation in Plano's Legacy Central development.

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Claim 3: “move that could leave roughly 1,000 Garden State workers facing a stark choice: relocate or risk losing their jobs”

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The specific number of 1,000 workers facing a choice to relocate or lose jobs is mentioned in one specific news headline, but not corroborated by other independent sources provided.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument by the "traitor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Semiconductor

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cities with significant Korean American populations represent municipalities with critical masses of Korean Americans in their total urban or suburban populations. Information is based on the 2005-200…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._cities_with_signi…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, also called New York State, is a state located in the northeastern United States. Bordering New England to its east, Canada to its north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to its south, it ext…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)

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Claim 4: “Samsung is pulling up stakes in New Jersey and heading to Texas”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm Samsung is moving its US headquarters from New Jersey to Texas.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Barnes & Noble Nook (styled nook or NOOK) is a brand of e-readers developed by American book retailer Barnes & Noble, based on the Android platform. The original device was announced in the U.S. i…
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Claim 5: “State and local officials hailed the September opening of Samsung’s Englewood Cliffs headquarters, which was described at the time as home to roughly 1,200 employees”

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The September opening of the Englewood Cliffs headquarters is mentioned, but the specific employee count of 1,200 is not corroborated by other sources in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located in the Gateway Region at the northeastern corner of New Jersey, Bergen County and its many inner suburbs constitute a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County,_New_Jersey

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LG Electronics Inc. (Korean: 엘지 전자; RR: Elji Jeonja) is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Yeouido-dong, Seoul, South Korea. LG Electron…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Electronics

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Claim 6: “move its US headquarters from Englewood Cliffs, NJ, to its existing campus in Plano, Texas”

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Multiple sources confirm the relocation from Englewood Cliffs, NJ to the existing campus in Plano, Texas.

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Claim 7: “The company also maintains significant operations elsewhere in Texas, including semiconductor-related investments near Austin”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding semiconductor investments near Austin, Texas.

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Claim 8: “Yum Brands announced plans to relocate KFC’s US headquarters to Plano”

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Claim 9: “the 321,000-square-foot New Jersey facility”

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Three independent web search results explicitly cite the New Jersey facility as being 321,000 square feet.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 23, 2025 ... A new era began for Samsung Electronics as workers streamed into their gleaming North American base in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
https://wmtram.com/2025/09/23/samsung-opens-massive-321000-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 23, 2025 ... The 321,000-square-foot facility at 700 Sylvan Ave. in Englewood ... Samsung's move from New Jersey to Texas isn't just a corporate shuffle.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO8dgKBgaBD/?hl=en

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... The Plano campus will now be designated the official US headquarters, less than a year after Samsung opened a new 321,000-square-foot facility ...
https://evertiq.com/design/2026-06-04-samsung-moves-us-headq…

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Claim 10: “Samsung established a foothold in the area in the 1980s and operated its Ridgefield Park headquarters from the early 1990s before relocating to Englewood Cliffs last year”

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One source explicitly states Samsung established a presence in Bergen County in 1985 and that the Englewood Cliffs campus replaces the former Ridgefield Park headquarters.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kenneth D. Pasternak is an American financial executive and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder along with Walter Raquet of Knight Trading Group, and also served as its chairman and CEO.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ridgefield Park is a village in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the village's population was 13,224, an increase of 495 (+3.9%) from the 2010 censu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgefield_Park,_New_Jersey

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Claim 11: “relocation... is expected to be completed by the end of the year”

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While the move is confirmed, the provided evidence does not specify the completion date as 'the end of the year'.

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web search NEUTRAL — The group consists of numerous affiliated businesses, [2] most of which operate under the Samsung brand, and is the largest chaebol (family-controlled conglomerates in South Korea). As of 2024, Samsun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung

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web search NEUTRAL — Samsung runs Samsung Experience Store retail locations throughout the world. These locations primarily sell Samsung Galaxy devices, though they can feature other Samsung-owned brands as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics

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web search NEUTRAL — Discover the latest in electronic & smart appliance technology with Samsung. Find the next big thing from smartphones & tablets to laptops & tvs & more.
https://www.samsung.com/us/

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Claim 12: “AT&T said it would move its global headquarters there by 2028”

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