Apple says lasers from Coherent's Sherman plant drive Face ID on the new iPhone 18 Pro

Lasers built at Coherent's plant in Sherman are part of the face-recognition hardware in Apple's newest iPhones, the company said Tuesday.

In an Oct. 20 announcement about U.S. suppliers for the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro, Apple said Coherent is supplying new vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser technology from its Sherman facility under a multiyear agreement between the two companies.

According to Apple, that technology enables Face ID and other features across its iPhone and iPad lines, including the redesigned Dynamic Island on the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max.

Apple did not put a dollar figure or job count on the Coherent work in the announcement.

Part of a wider supplier list

The Sherman plant was one of several U.S. sites Apple highlighted. The company said nearly 100 components in the two new phones come from American companies in more than a dozen states.

It also named new or expanded deals with Perryman Company, a Pennsylvania titanium maker that will supply the iPhone Duo's titanium enclosure under a commitment of up to $100 million over three years, and Qnity Electronics, which will make films for the iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture camera.

Other suppliers on the list included Broadcom in Fort Collins, Colo., Corning in Harrodsburg, Ky., TSMC's chip plant in Arizona and an Amkor packaging and test facility under construction in Peoria, Ariz. Apple tied the announcements to its American Manufacturing Program and a $600 billion, four-year U.S. investment pledge.

Expansion already underway

Coherent broke ground in June on a $650 million expansion of its Sherman facility, according to the City of Sherman. The city said the project will make lasers, optical components and semiconductors in what it described as the world's first 6-inch indium phosphide fab, quadruple wafer production and support 550 jobs once at full production.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined Coherent CEO Jim Anderson and Mayor Shawn Teamann at that groundbreaking, the city said.

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