Apple will spend up to $100 million over three years to source titanium for its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, from Perryman Company, a family-owned metals producer based in Pennsylvania. The commitment marks the latest expansion of Apple's domestic supply chain ahead of the foldable's retail rollout, and it puts a U.S. producer behind the very material Apple credits for the device's durability.

At its mill in Houston, Pennsylvania, Perryman melts, forges, and rolls the grade 5 titanium used in the device. According to Apple, the metal contains at least 80% recycled content. The supplier is joining Apple's American Manufacturing Program (AMP), the initiative Apple launched last year to bring more advanced component work to the United States.

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. The mechanism is central to the phone's 48MP Fusion Main camera, lightening darker scenes and drawing out more detail in brighter ones.

“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.

Titanium enclosure anchors durability

Apple attributes the durability of its first foldable iPhone to the grade 5 titanium enclosure. The company announced the device on September 9, and as Cryptopolitan reported, it opens to a 7.6-inch display and folds down to a 5.4-inch handset.

The phone runs on the A20 Pro chip, and its hinge comprises more than 100 parts. Reinforcement ribs sit inside the frame, while a titanium plate the flexible display assembly provides an extra structural layer. Orders opened on Oct. 16, and in-store availability begins Oct. 23.

About 100 parts sourced across more than a dozen states

Apple says the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro now source about 100 components from U.S. companies in more than a dozen states, and that it supports more than 450,000 jobs through its suppliers across 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.

Broadcom is upgrading its plant in Fort Collins, Colorado, as part of a $1.5 billion investment announced in July, under a multiyear agreement that will see more than 15 billion chips made in the U.S. Coherent ships laser technology from Sherman, Texas, for Face ID and Dynamic Island.

TSMC's Arizona fab will make more than 100 million chips for Apple in 2026. Amkor Technology is building a packaging and test facility in Peoria, Arizona, where Apple will be among the site's first customers. Across its first two phases, Amkor anticipates supporting more than 3,500 local hires.

Taken together, the roster now spans Ceramic Shield glass from Corning's Kentucky plant, laser technology from Coherent in Sherman, Texas, chip work at Broadcom's upgraded Fort Collins site and TSMC's Arizona fab, and Amkor's planned packaging-and-test facility in Peoria — with Perryman's Pennsylvania titanium joining that list. How much further the supplier base widens over the remaining window of Apple's $600 billion, four-year spending pledge is the gauge to watch for the program's reach.

The deals build on Apple's pledge to spend $500 billion, set in 2025 and later lifted to $600 billion over four years. Apple shares fell $1.93 to $341.01 in afternoon trading on October 20.