Apple Launches American Manufacturing Program

Apple launches a new $100 billion commitment to the United States, an acceleration of its U.S. investment that now equals $600 billion over the next 4 years. The latest announcement includes its new American Manufacturing Program (AMP), dedicated to bringing more of Apple’s supply chain and advanced manufacturing to the United States.

Through AMP, Apple will increase its investment across America and incentivize global companies to manufacture more critical components in the United States.

“Today, we’re proud to increase our investments across the United States to $600 billion over four years and launch our new American Manufacturing Program,” says Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “This includes new and expanded work with 10 companies across America. They produce components that are used in Apple products sold all over the world, and we’re grateful to the President for his support.”

Apple parts and components manufactured in the United States ship to customers globally; approximately two-thirds of the components made in the United States are exported to customers outside the United States.

Currently, Apple partners with thousands of suppliers across all 50 states, supporting more than 450,000 supplier and partner jobs. In the next four years, Apple plans to directly hire 20,000 people in the United States, with most in the areas of R&D, silicon engineering, software development, and AI and machine learning.

Apple American Manufacturing Program

Apple is working with its suppliers to advance manufacturing in the United States. through the new American Manufacturing Program. The initial AMP partners include Texas Instruments (TI), Samsung, GlobalFoundries, Corning, Coherent, GlobalWafers America (GWA), Applied Materials, Amkor, and Broadcom. This builds on Apple’s earlier commitment to buy American-made rare earth magnets from MP Materials.

The American Manufacturing Program will help fund a major expansion of Apple’s long-standing partnership with Corning, bringing the advanced smartphone glass production line to a factory in Harrodsburg, KY. The expansion is a move toward having every iPhone and Apple Watch sold around the world be built with Kentucky-made cover glass. The two companies will also open a new Apple-Corning Innovation Center in Kentucky.

Apple has also entered into a new multiyear agreement with Coherent, a long-standing partner that produces the VCSEL lasers that enable multiple features—including Face ID—on iPhone and iPad devices shipped around the world. This work occurs at Coherent’s Sherman, TX, facility.

In July, Apple also committed to buying American-made rare earth magnets developed by MP Materials, an integrated rare earth producer in the United States—expanding their flagship Independence facility in Fort Worth, TX. These magnets will become part of Apple devices shipped worldwide. The two companies will also establish a rare earth recycling line in Mountain Pass, CA.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.