Editing Celle (section)

=== Economy ===

Tourism is a large contributor to Celle's economy, especially in the summer months during jazz, wine, and other festivals, which attract thousands of visitors.

The town is not really known for heavy industry, but many businesses which have started up in Celle and some, such as Rosa Graf Cosmetics, have reached the world market. Celle does have some links to the oil industry, though, particularly firms engineering parts for drilling; notably [[Baker Hughes]] ([[Baker Hughes INTEQ|INTEQ]] and [[Hughes Christensen]] divisions; oil and gas industry service companies specialising in [[Measurement while drilling|MWD]], [[Wireline (cabling)|Wireline]], [[Drill bit (well)|Drill-bits]], Drilling Applications Engineering, etc.), [[Cameron (company)|Cameron]]<ref>"[http://www.c-a-m.com/content/locations/index.cfm?CFID=955437&CFTOKEN=48620150&jsessionid=30303c118299$ED$2F$E/ Cameron German office locations]." ''[[Cameron (company)|Cameron]]''. Retrieved on 31 March 2009.</ref> (global provider of pressure control, processing, flow control and compression systems as well as project management and aftermarket services for the oil and gas and process industries), and ITAG<ref>"[http://www.itag-celle.de/ ITAG official website]." Retrieved on 31 March 2009.</ref> (drilling contractors and manufacturing plant). [[Halliburton]], founded in 1919, is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the energy industry and has an office in Celle.<ref>"[http://www.halliburton.com/locations/ Halliburton German office location] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114084458/http://www.halliburton.com/locations/ |date=14 January 2009 }}." ''[[Halliburton]]''. Retrieved on 13 January 2009.</ref> There is also a school for advance drilling techniques.

Other light industries include electronics, food manufacture, and metal, wood and plastic processing. In addition there an ink manufacturer ''(formerly Hostmann-Steinberg now hubergroup)'', paper factory ''(Werner Achilles Glanzfolien-Kaschieranstalt)'' and musical instruments makers (including '' [[Moeck Musikinstrumente + Verlag|Moeck]]''). Celle is also home to Germany's Bee institute which carries out scientific studies on the bee species as well as keeping its own bee hives.

Celle is also known as a town of civil servants, due to the large number of government officials and lawyers who work there providing important administrative and judicial services to the region. Agriculture and forestry also play a role.

====Foodstuffs====
Celle is the base for a [[crispbread]] factory, Barilla Wasa Deutschland. Regional and to some extent national suppliers are the high-alcohol drink manufactures of the ''[[Ratzeputz]]'' and ''Alter Provisor'' brands. Originally made in Celle's Altstadt, the herb-based spirit ''[[Ratzeputz]]'' is now distilled on the [[Westercelle]] industrial estate, ''Alter Provisor'' is still produced and sold in the ''Altstadt''. ''Celler Bier'' is also established here with its six varieties of beer. Another Celle speciality is ''Rohe Roulade'', which initially gained fame in the ''Gasthaus Krohne'' (now ''Dackel's Krohne'') in the district of Blumlage and is now offered in many of Celle's restaurants and pubs.

====Transport and logistics====
The [[East Hanoverian Railways]] (''Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen'' or ''OHE'') is a goods and passenger transport company covering the north German area with its headquarters in Celle.
Also based in Celle are the postal distribution centre for [[Deutsche Post]]'s post code district 29 and the transport company DTLS – Drilling Tools Logistic & Service.