Apple announced new and expanded partnerships under its American Manufacturing Program (AMP) for critical materials and components used in the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro. Nearly 100 components in those phones, from wireless chips to silicon powering key functions, are produced by American companies across more than a dozen states.
Perryman Company supplies the grade 5 titanium enclosure of the iPhone Duo, with Apple committing up to $100 million over the next three years. Perryman melts, forges, and rolls titanium with a minimum of 80% recycled content. Apple is also expanding its partnership with Qnity Electronics, headquartered in Delaware, which joined AMP in March. Qnity will produce advanced films essential to the new variable aperture system in the iPhone 18 Pro's main camera.
Broadcom is expanding and modernizing its facility in Fort Collins, Colorado, under the $1.5 billion capital investment announced in July, as part of a multiyear agreement producing more than 15 billion US-made chips. Corning, an Apple partner since 2007, makes specialty glass including Ceramic Shield in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and by year-end all cover glass for iPhones and Apple Watches sold worldwide will come from that facility. Coherent supplies vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser tech from Sherman, Texas, for Face ID and other features.
TSMC's Arizona fab will produce more than 100 million chips for Apple this year, and Amkor began shell construction on a packaging and test facility in Peoria, Arizona, earlier this year. Apple works with suppliers in all 50 US states and says it supports more than 450,000 American jobs. AMP is part of Apple's $600 billion, four-year commitment to US manufacturing, with direct suppliers required to use renewable energy by the end of the decade as part of its 2030 carbon neutral goal.
Source: GSMArena · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing