Taipei, Oct. 24 -- Strong AI demand drove Taiwan's industrial production index up 15.48 per cent year-on-year in September to 115.38, with the manufacturing sector production index for the whole year expected to grow more than 10 per cent from 2024, according to a report by Focus Taiwan.

Citing the Ministry of Economic Affairs, on Thursday, the report said that the manufacturing production index climbed 16.90 per cent from a year earlier to 116.51 in September. Both the overall industrial production index and the manufacturing subindex reached record highs for the month, marking 19 consecutive months of year-on-year growth.

"According to the ministry's Department of Statistics, the industrial production index will set a new full-year re...