Apple will spend up to $100 million on US-made titanium for its iPhone Duo and source camera-system materials from Delaware, adding to a growing domestic network of high-value suppliers.
Apple has deepened its push into US manufacturing by bringing two more domestic suppliers into the chain for its latest premium iPhones. The company said Perryman Company, based in Pennsylvania, will provide grade 5 titanium for the iPhone Duo, while Qnity Electronics of Delaware will supply materials for the variable-aperture camera system in the iPhone 18 Pro. According to Apple, the move sits within its broader $600 billion, four-year commitment to American manufacturing and innovation.
The titanium deal is the more immediately visible of the two. Apple said it plans to spend up to $100 million with Perryman over the next three years, sourcing material from the company’s forge in Houston, Pennsylvania. Titanium has become strategically important to Apple’s top-end devices, and the company says the iPhone Duo uses a grade 5 titanium enclosure.
Apple also said the latest iPhone lineup now includes nearly 100 components made by US suppliers across more than a dozen states. That network includes established partners such as Broadcom, Corning, Coherent and Amkor, underlining that the company’s domestic sourcing strategy is no longer limited to a handful of headline items. In practice, the effort appears aimed less at relocating full device assembly than at shifting more high-value parts, materials and specialist processes onto US soil.
The chip supply chain remains central to that effort. Apple has said TSMC’s Arizona plant is on course to make more than 100 million chips for the company in 2026, giving the iPhone maker a larger domestic semiconductor base at a time when supply-chain resilience remains a strategic concern. Reuters has reported that Apple’s US manufacturing programme has been designed to support more of the components that matter most to its devices, even as final assembly continues to be spread across its global production base.
The latest supplier announcement also builds on Apple’s wider Houston expansion. In February, the company said it would begin Mac mini production in Houston for the first time, while also increasing AI server manufacturing there. Apple later opened an Advanced Manufacturing Centre at the same site, where engineers work with smaller manufacturers on process development and product design. The company has said that site will also produce Mac minis before the end of the year, signalling that the Houston operation is becoming a more important part of its US industrial footprint.
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