Apple will spend up to $100 million over three years on titanium from Perryman Company for its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo.
Perryman is a family-owned metals company in Pennsylvania.
Houston, Pennsylvania mill rolls metal with 80% recycled content
Perryman melts, forges, and rolls grade 5 titanium at its Houston, Pennsylvania site. Apple said the metal has at least 80% recycled content.
The firm is joining Apple’s American Manufacturing Program, or AMP, which Apple launched last year to bring more advanced component work to the U.S.
Apple is also extending its relationship with Qnity Electronics, a Delaware company that joined AMP in March. Qnity will make films for the variable aperture in the iPhone 18 Pro camera.
Variable aperture is central to the phone’s 48MP Fusion Main camera. It lightens the darker scenes and brings out more detail in the brighter scenes.
“American ingenuity is vital to all our products, from the titanium crafted for iPhone Duo to breakthrough camera innovations in iPhone 18 Pro,” said Sabih Khan, Apple’s chief operating officer.
About 100 parts now come from U.S. firms in over a dozen states
Apple says the durability of its first foldable iPhone is down to a grade 5 titanium enclosure. On September 9, Apple announced the device, which Cryptopolitan reported opens to a 7.6-inch display and folds to a 5.4-inch handset.
The phone has the A20 Pro chip. The hinge is made up of more than 100 parts.
Inside the frame are reinforcement ribs, and underneath the flexible display assembly is a titanium plate, providing an extra structural layer. Orders opened Oct. 16, in-store availability will start on Oct. 23.
Apple says the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro now source about 100 components in over a dozen states from U.S. companies. The company supports more than 450,000 jobs through its suppliers in all 50 states.
Corning, Apple’s supplier since the original iPhone in 2007, makes Ceramic Shield glass at its Harrodsburg, Kentucky, plant. By the end of 2026, the site will manufacture all iPhone and Apple Watch cover glass sold globally.
As part of a $1.5 billion investment announced in July, Broadcom is upgrading its plant in Fort Collins, Colorado. The multiyear agreement will see more than 15 billion chips made in the U.S.
Coherent ships laser tech from Sherman, Texas, for Face ID & Dynamic Island.
TSMC’s Arizona fab will make more than 100 million chips for Apple in 2026. Amkor Technology is erecting a packaging and test facility in Peoria, Arizona.
Apple will be among the Peoria site’s first customers. With its first two phases, Amkor anticipates supporting more than 3,500 local hires.
Those deals build on Apple’s pledge to spend $500 billion, set in 2025, a figure that was later lifted to $600 billion over four years. Apple shares fell $1.93 to $341.01 in afternoon trading on October 20.
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