Apple is buying titanium for its first foldable iPhone from a family-owned producer in Western Pennsylvania. In the Apple Perryman titanium deal, announced Oct. 20, Apple said it “will commit up to $100 million over the next three years with Perryman, a family-owned business and a global leader in manufacturing specialty titanium products.”
Perryman Company will supply titanium for Apple products, including iPhone Duo, through Apple’s American Manufacturing Program, according to Apple’s announcement. Apple also said it is expanding its partnership with Qnity Electronics, headquartered in Delaware, to produce technology for the variable aperture in the iPhone 18 Pro camera system.
What the Apple Perryman Titanium Deal Covers
iPhone Duo uses a grade 5 titanium enclosure, which Apple describes as “exceptionally strong.” Apple says the metal is made at Perryman’s Washington County plant: “At its site in Houston, Pennsylvania, Perryman melts, forges, and rolls titanium with a minimum of 80 percent recycled content for iPhone Duo.”
Apple launched the American Manufacturing Program last year as part of what it calls its “$600 billion, four-year commitment to U.S. manufacturing and innovation.” The company says it works with suppliers in all 50 states and supports more than 450,000 American jobs.
“We’re thrilled to expand our work with companies producing advanced materials and components for our newest iPhone lineup right here in America,” said Sabih Khan, Apple’s chief operating officer. “American ingenuity is vital to all our products, from the titanium crafted for iPhone Duo to breakthrough camera innovations in iPhone 18 Pro.”
A Western Pennsylvania Titanium Maker
Perryman Company is headquartered in Houston, Pennsylvania, according to its website. The private company employs about 800 people and supplies aerospace and defense makers such as Boeing and Airbus and medical firms such as Johnson & Johnson, TribLive reported. President and CEO Frank Perryman told TribLive the company keeps offices around the world. Its titanium facilities are all in Pennsylvania, according to the company’s website.
“We’re very excited to become a producer for the Apple family,” Perryman told TribLive. “It’s a very high bar.”
He said he could not disclose most details of the deal, including whether Perryman would be the only titanium supplier for the new phones. He said the company had previously worked with Apple on research and development projects.
“Pennsylvania does pack a global punch,” Perryman said.
Qnity Films for the iPhone 18 Pro Camera
Qnity Electronics, which Apple says joined the American Manufacturing Program in March, “will produce advanced films essential to the new variable aperture camera system on iPhone 18 Pro,” according to Apple. Apple says variable aperture is at the heart of the phone’s new 48MP Fusion Main camera. Apple did not name the U.S. site where the films will be made.
Qnity, based in Wilmington, Delaware, became an independent public company on Nov. 1, 2025, when DuPont completed the spin-off of its electronics business. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “Q.” For more U.S. companies in the sector, see the Electronics Manufacturers List.
Nearly 100 Components From American Companies
Apple says nearly 100 components in iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro, “from wireless chips to the silicon that powers key functions across the devices,” are produced by American companies and drawn from suppliers in more than a dozen states. Apple also says these partnerships include “the increased use of recycled materials.”
For a family-owned mill in Washington County, the deal puts Pennsylvania-made titanium into Apple’s first foldable iPhone.
Top image: Titanium plate, tube, rods and powder. (Representative image; not Perryman products.) Photo: Mark Fergus / CSIRO via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0), cropped
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