Apple deepens its ties to a Kentucky plant that produces cover glass for iPhone and Apple Watch
September 12, 2025
Apple is putting its trust in a Kentucky plant that will become the exclusive producer of cover glass for every iPhone and Apple Watch sold. Specialty glass maker Corning Inc. said Friday it plans to triple production capacity at its plant in Harrodsburg and increase the workforce by 50%. It deepens a relationship with Apple that began when the original iPhone launched in 2007. The Harrodsburg plant made the glass for those first iPhones. Apple recently said it is making a $2.5 billion commitment to enable Corning to produce all the cover glass for iPhone and Apple Watch at the Harrodsburg plant.