Apple expands U.S. manufacturing
Apple announced it’s expanding its American manufacturing program with four new partners and committed $400 million through 2030 to boost domestic production (cnbc.com). The announcement lands while Apple devices are seeing heavy discounts in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale through March 31 — a good week for deals if you’re eyeing upgrades ( ).
Apple named Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK and Qnity Electronics as new members of its American Manufacturing Program and detailed specific production roles for those suppliers. (apple.com)) TDK will manufacture tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) sensors at a U.S. facility to support features like camera stabilization and to increase the volume of chips sourced from U.S. silicon supply chains. (apple.com)) Apple, Bosch and TSMC will collaborate to produce integrated circuits at TSMC’s Washington site in Camas for Bosch’s sensing hardware that enables Crash Detection, activity tracking and elevation features. (apple.com)) Cirrus Logic is teaming with GlobalFoundries in Malta, New York to establish new semiconductor process technologies in the U.S. that will enable mixed‑signal solutions used in Apple systems such as Face ID. (apple.com)) Qnity Electronics and HD MicroSystems were described as suppliers of advanced materials and technologies needed for semiconductor manufacturing and other advanced electronics production in the United States. (apple.com)) Apple framed these additions as part of its broader American Manufacturing Program, which already includes partners such as Applied Materials, Amkor, Broadcom, Corning, GlobalFoundries, GlobalWafers America, MP Materials, Samsung and Texas Instruments. (apple.com)) The AMP expansion follows Apple’s August 6, 2025 announcement of a four‑year, $600 billion U.S. investment that included a Corning-led expansion in Harrodsburg, Kentucky to scale production of cover glass for iPhone and Apple Watch devices. (apple.com))
