Apple's biggest iPhone factory is swelling with new workers as Foxconn throws money at recruits to keep production on track for the iPhone 17.

Apple's main contract manufacturer, Foxconn Technology Group, has ramped up recruitment efforts ahead of the September launch of the iPhone 17, offering higher pay and bonuses for assembly line workers at its plants in Zhengzhou and Shenzhen.

Apple supplier Foxconn recalled a number of workers from its iPhone manufacturing units in India last month. This is the second time the Taiwanese company has made such a move

The engineers were reportedly engaged in setting up a display module assembly unit in Tamil Nadu, a project backed by an investment of Rs 13,180 crore.

Apple's largest iPhone manufacturer Foxconn’s subsidiary Yuzhan Technology has recalled about 300 Chinese engineers from its India operations, says an Economic Times report. This marks the second such instance in recent months.

Foxconn on Thursday forecast a significant rise in third-quarter revenue as the world's biggest iPhone maker said it had for the first time made more money from its AI server business than from smart electronics last quarter.

Earlier in July, Apple supplier Foxconn had similarly recalled around 300 Chinese engineers and technicians from its iPhone production facilities in India.

Foxconn is reportedly getting engineers from countries like Taiwan to avoid any disruption in the production process

Foxconn subsidiary Yuzhan Technology has reportedly sent back approximately 300 Chinese engineers from its India facility, marking the second instance of such recalls. This action coincides with a period of thawing relations between India and China.

Taiwan's Foxconn , which rose to become a global tech manufacturing juggernaut by assembling millions of iPhones, can now say its main business is no longer Apple as it takes advantage of the AI-boom to diversify its income.