Apple says it will commit up to $100 million over the next three years to Perryman Company, a Pennsylvania-based metals supplier that will melt, forge and roll titanium for use in Apple products, including the iPhone Duo. The agreement, tied to Apple's push to expand manufacturing in the United States, centers on Perryman's Houston, Pennsylvania, facility, where the company processes titanium containing at least 80% recycled content.
A New Supplier Joins Apple's American Manufacturing Program
Apple detailed the Perryman deal in a newsroom announcement outlining partners for its latest iPhone lineup, framing the purchase agreement as part of its American Manufacturing Program, according to Apple. The company says it will commit up to $100 million over the next three years with Perryman, which performs the melting, forging and rolling of the titanium destined for various Apple products, including the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable phone. Perryman's leader has described the company as the world's fifth-largest titanium melter, with annual melting capacity exceeding 26 million pounds, and says it recycles nearly 100% of its own internally generated titanium scrap, according to Perryman Company.
The same announcement expands Apple's partnership with Delaware-based Qnity Electronics, which will produce advanced films essential to the variable-aperture camera system found in the iPhone 18 Pro. Apple says nearly 100 components across the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro are now produced by American companies, drawing on suppliers spread across more than a dozen states.
Houston, Texas, Facility Expands Beyond AI Servers
Apple opened an Advanced Manufacturing Center in Houston, Texas, in August, where its engineers train small and medium-sized businesses on Apple's manufacturing processes. That center sits inside the same facility that builds Apple's advanced AI servers and is expected to begin manufacturing the Mac mini this year, per Apple's announcement.
Apple frames these moves as pieces of a much larger bet: a $600 billion, four-year commitment to U.S. manufacturing and innovation. Apple launched its American Manufacturing Program in August 2025, increasing its domestic spending plan by $100 billion to reach that $600 billion total, as reported by CNBC. Elsewhere in Apple's supply chain, TSMC's Arizona plant is expected to produce more than 100 million chips for Apple this year, and Corning's Kentucky facility is on track to produce all cover glass for iPhones and Apple Watches sold worldwide by the end of 2026.
The Deal Lands Amid iPhone Duo Supply Crunch
The Perryman announcement comes as Apple grapples with limited availability of the iPhone Duo, which costs $1,999, according to Quartz. Online delivery estimates for some Duo models stretched to roughly 14 weeks on the first day of preorders, CNBC's report notes, citing Morgan Stanley figures. JPMorgan analysts cited in the same CNBC report estimate Apple will ship roughly 8 million to 9 million Duo devices this year, below earlier expectations of about 10 million, because of supply constraints.
Apple's domestic supplier push has been building for more than a year. The company previously committed $2.5 billion to produce all iPhone and Apple Watch cover glass at Corning's facility in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and has said it partners with thousands of suppliers across all 50 states, supporting more than 450,000 supplier and partner jobs. Quartz also reports that Broadcom is expanding its Fort Collins, Colorado, facility under a $1.5 billion capital investment announced in July, and that Amkor Technology is building a packaging and test facility in Peoria, Arizona, where Apple will be one of its first customers.
Renewable Energy Requirement Still Looms for Suppliers
Apple says all of its direct suppliers are required to power Apple manufacturing with renewable energy by the end of this decade, a mandate that will eventually apply to firms like Perryman and Qnity as the American Manufacturing Program expands. The Perryman agreement was first detailed alongside Apple's broader supplier announcement, and was also covered by KSL News. Apple has not laid out how much of its total titanium demand the Perryman deal will cover, and the announcement does not address where final assembly of the iPhone Duo takes place.
