Editing Weesp (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:Parts of a Service, Porseleinfabriek Weesp, c. 1764-1768.jpg|thumb|left|Parts of tableware from the porcelain factory of Weesp, c. 1764-1768. [[Rijks Museum]].]]
The first Dutch [[porcelain]] originated in Weesp and dates to 1759.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eyewitness |first1=D. K. |title=DK Eyewitness The Netherlands |date=6 July 2017 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited |isbn=978-0-241-45190-8 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2KXDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33 |language=en}}</ref> The venture was led by [[Bertrand Philip, Count of Gronsveld]].

[[File:Weesp, Netherlands - panoramio (9).jpg|250px|thumb|[[Amsterdam–Rhine Canal]]]]
The most famed product of Weesp is [[Coenraad Johannes van Houten|Van Houten]] chocolate. Before cocoa production, the local economy had been based on beer breweries, [[jenever]] distilleries, production of Weesper porcelain, and trade, due to its location on a branch point of waterways. In the 21st century, the economy is very diverse.

There were large facilities of Solvay Pharmaceuticals, until February 2010 when [[Abbott Laboratories]] of North Chicago, Illinois acquired Solvay Pharmaceuticals. At this site there is a chemical plant which manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredient for Abbott brands Duphalac and Duphaston and a biologic plant which manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredient for Abbott's flu vaccine Influvac. The local specialty is the Weesper Mop cookie, which is based on mashed almond.