Apple commits up to $100 million for US titanium in domestic manufacturing push

Apple has agreed to spend as much as $100 million over three years on titanium from Perryman Company, a Pennsylvania supplier, Business Recorder reported. The arrangement supports the company’s effort to increase US-based production and includes metal intended for several devices, among them the upcoming iPhone Duo. Perryman plans to process the material at its Pennsylvania site, with recycled titanium accounting for at least 80% of the input.

Apple is also widening work with Delaware’s Qnity Electronics, which is expected to make films for the variable-aperture camera on iPhone 18 Pro. The company says US suppliers across more than a dozen states make nearly 100 components for the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro. Its broader American Manufacturing Program, launched last year, forms part of a $600-billion, four-year US manufacturing commitment; Apple also said a Houston facility will start producing Mac minis this year.