Editing Barcelona (section)

=== Manufacturing sector ===
Industry generates 21% of the total gross domestic product (GDP) of the region,<ref>[http://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=8&V3=1538&V4=1540&ALLINFO=TRUE&PARENT=100&V0=3&V1=0&CTX=B&VN=3&VOK=Confirmar "''Valor afegit brut a preus bàsics. Base 2000 Per sectors (%)''" (en: "''Gross value added at basic prices. Base by sector (%)''")] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410224648/http://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=8&V3=1538&V4=1540&ALLINFO=TRUE&PARENT=100&V0=3&V1=0&CTX=B&VN=3&VOK=Confirmar |date=10 April 2014 }} – [[Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|Idescat]], 2008</ref> with the energy, chemical and metallurgy industries accounting for 47% of industrial production.<ref>[http://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=5&V0=3&V1=0&V3=1538&V4=1541&ALLINFO=TRUE&PARENT=100&CTX=B "''Valor afegit brut. Indústria per branques d'activitat (%)''" (en: "''Gross Value Added. Branches of industry (%)''")] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410224253/http://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=5&V0=3&V1=0&V3=1538&V4=1541&ALLINFO=TRUE&PARENT=100&CTX=B |date=10 April 2014 }} – [[Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|Idescat]], 2008</ref> The Barcelona metropolitan area had 67% of the total number of industrial establishments in Catalonia as of 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grec.cat/home/errors/notrobat.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130306051759/http://www.grec.cat/home/errors/notrobat.htm |url-status=dead |title=:: GREC.NET - |date=6 March 2013 |archive-date=6 March 2013 |access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

Barcelona has long been an important European automobile manufacturing centre. Formerly there were automobile factories of [[AFA (automobile)|AFA]], [[Abadal]], Actividades Industriales, Alvarez, [[America (Spanish automobile)|America]], Artés de Arcos, Balandrás, Baradat-Esteve, [[Biscúter]], J. Castro, [[Clúa]], [[David (car)|David]], Delfín, Díaz y Grilló, [[Ebro trucks]], {{interlanguage link|Edis (automobile)|lt=Edis|ca|Edis}}, [[Elizalde (automobile)|Elizalde]], Automóviles España, [[Eucort]], [[El Fenix (automobile)|Fenix]], Fábrica Hispano, Auto Academia Garriga, Fábrica Española de Automóviles Hebe, [[Hispano-Suiza]], Huracán Motors, Talleres Hereter, Junior SL, [[Kapi (car)|Kapi]], [[La Cuadra]], M.A., Automóviles Matas, Motores y Motos, Nacional Custals, [[National Pescara]], Nacional RG, Nacional Rubi, Nacional Sitjes, Automóviles Nike, Orix, [[Otro Ford]], Patria, [[Pegaso]], [[PTV (car)|PTV]], Ricart, Ricart-España, Industrias Salvador, Siata Española, Stevenson, Romagosa y Compañía, Garaje Storm, Talleres Hereter, Trimak, Automóviles Victoria, Manufacturas Mecánicas Aleu.<ref>"''Die große Automobil-Enzyklopädie''" – Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader, BLV, Munich 1986, {{ISBN|978-3-405-12974-3}}</ref><ref>"''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile''" – [[Nick Georgano]], Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, {{ISBN|978-1-57958-293-7}}</ref>

Today, the headquarters and a large factory of [[SEAT]] (the largest Spanish automobile manufacturer) are in one of its suburbs. There is also a [[Nissan Motors|Nissan]] factory in the [[Zona Franca (Barcelona)|logistics and industrial area]] of the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/COMPANY/PROFILE/EN_ESTABLISHMENT/EUROPE/ |title=NISSAN &#124;CORPORATE INFORMATION &#124;Outline of Company &#124;Facilities Overseas &#124;Europe |publisher=Nissan-global.com |access-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419053449/http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/COMPANY/PROFILE/EN_ESTABLISHMENT/EUROPE/ |archive-date=19 April 2010}}</ref> The factory of [[Derbi]], a large manufacturer of motorcycles, scooters and mopeds, also lies near the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derbi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=191 |title=Cómo llegar |publisher=Derbi |access-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410223719/http://www.derbi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=191 |archive-date=10 April 2014}}</ref>

As in other modern cities, the [[Secondary sector of the economy|manufacturing sector]] has long since been overtaken by the services sector, though it remains very important. The region's leading industries are textiles, chemical, [[pharmaceutical]], motor, electronic, printing, logistics, publishing, in telecommunications industry and culture the notable [[Mobile World Congress]], and information technology services.