Apple expands its partnerships with U.S. suppliers for the manufacturing of the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro

Apple said it has announced newer and expanded relationships, under its U.S. manufacturing thing, meant to make important materials and parts for the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro, mostly, inside the United States, like, not just the usual.

The company said that firms based in the U.S. already make around 100 different components for these devices, including wireless communication chips and silicon parts that basically drive the core stuff, through a supplier web spread across more than 12 states.

For this plan, Apple said it will put as much as $100 million over the next three years into Perryman Company. Perryman will provide Grade 5 titanium that gets used for the external shell of the iPhone Duo. The making process will include melting, shaping and rolling the titanium, using at least 80% recycled material, pretty directly.

Apple also mentioned it’s deepened its work with Qnity Electronics, a Delaware-based company that joined the U.S. manufacturing program last March. Qnity is set to produce advanced membranes, needed for the variable aperture system in the iPhone 18 Pro’s main camera.

Alongside that, the update covered a few longer-running partnerships. Broadcom is, right now, growing and upgrading operations in Fort Collins, Colorado, tied to a $1.5 billion capital investment it announced last July.

Apple framed all of this as part of a multi-year agreement to produce more than 15 billion chips in the U.S.. In a similar vein, Corning, which has worked with Apple since the first iPhone launched in 2007, keeps manufacturing specialized glass, including “Ceramic Shield,” from its facility in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

Apple also expects that by the end of this year, all protective glass used in its iPhones— including the “iPhone Duo” —and Apple Watches sold globally, will come from that same facility.

Meanwhile, Coherent provides Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology from its site in Sherman, Texas. That technology supports Face ID and a handful of other functions across iPhones and iPads, even the refreshed look of the “Dynamic Island” feature on the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max.

And on the chip side, TSMC’s Arizona facility is set to make more than 100 million chips for Apple this year, even while construction keeps going at the site’s northern campus.

Amkor, meanwhile, has started structural construction for a facility focused on chip packaging and testing in Peoria, Arizona, after a groundbreaking ceremony in September 2025. Apple is expected to be one of the first customers there.

Apple also said it works with suppliers across all 50 U.S. states, and that its activities support more than 450,000 jobs across the country. In August of last year, Apple announced a U.S. manufacturing effort as part of a wider promise to invest $600 billion in American manufacturing over a four-year period.

On the environmental side, Apple will require all direct suppliers to use renewable energy for manufacturing processes tied to Apple products by the end of this decade. The goal is to back up its broader objective to reach carbon neutrality across its entire operations and supply chain by 2030.