Editing Regensburg (section)

==Economy==
Regensburg's economy counts among the most dynamic and fastest growing in Germany.<ref name="prognos">{{cite web|url=http://www.prognos.com/fileadmin/images/publikationen/zukunftsatlas2013/Gesamtranking_Zukunftsatlas_2013_Regionen.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111931/http://www.prognos.com/fileadmin/images/publikationen/zukunftsatlas2013/Gesamtranking_Zukunftsatlas_2013_Regionen.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=live|date=7 November 2013|title= Prognos Zukunftsatlas 2013: Ergebnisübersicht Gesamtranking|access-date=2015-08-16}}</ref> Focus is on manufacturing industries, such as [[automotive]], [[Industrial engineering|industrial]] and [[electrical engineering]].

===Companies===
There are several [[multinational corporation]]s located in Regensburg, such as [[BMW]], [[Continental AG|Continental]], [[E.ON]], [[General Electric]], [[Infineon]], [[Osram]], [[Schneider Electric]], [[Siemens]], [[Deutsche Telekom|Telekom]],  [[Vitesco Technologies]], [[SGB-SMIT]] and [[Toshiba]] as well as [[hidden champions]] ([[Krones]], [[Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen|MR]]).

[[BMW]] operates an automobile production plant in Regensburg; the Regensburg BMW plant produces [[BMW 3 Series|3 Series]], [[BMW 1 Series|1 Series]] and (previously) Z4 vehicles. [[Continental AG]], with the headquarters of its car component business, [[Osram]] Opto-Semiconductors, [[SGB-SMIT Group]] transformers and Siemens as well as [[Infineon]], the former Siemens semiconductor branch, provide a high level of [[innovation]] and technical development in Regensburg. Other well known international companies, such as [[AREVA]], Schneider Electric and Toshiba, have built plants in or near Regensburg. [[GE Aviation]] founded a greenfield site to innovate, develop and produce turbine machinery components with a new manufacturing casting technology. [[Amazon.com]] located its first German customer service centre in Regensburg. The hidden champions [[Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen]] (MR) and [[Krones]] are both headquartered in or close to Regensburg and are among the major employers.

Aside from the industrial sector, [[tourism]] contributes a lot to Regensburg's economical growth, especially since 2006, when the city gained status as [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]]. The [[University of Regensburg]], the [[Regensburg University of Applied Sciences]] and mercantile trade also play major roles in Regensburg's economy. Increasingly, [[biotech]] companies were founded in Regensburg over the last two decades and have their headquarters and laboratories in the city's "BioPark". Another focus is on [[information technology]], with the city running a start-up centre for IT firms. One of these former start-ups, [[CipSoft]], now is a known video game company still based in Regensburg.

OTTI, the Eastern Bavaria Technology Transfer-Institut e.V., is headquartered in Regensburg.<ref name="otti">{{cite web|url=http://www.otti.de/en/home.html|title=OTTI – Ostbayerisches Technologie-Transfer-Institut e.V.|publisher=otti.de|access-date=2014-10-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503143906/http://www.otti.de/en/home.html|archive-date=2012-05-03}}</ref>

===Tourism===
The city recorded 912,238 overnight hotel stays and 531,943 hotel guests in 2012.<ref name="regensburg2">{{cite web|url=http://www.statistik.regensburg.de/informationen_u_zahlen/beherbergungen/|title=Stadt Regensburg – Abteilung Statistik|publisher=statistik.regensburg.de|access-date=2015-08-16}}</ref> Tourism figures have nearly doubled within the last 15 years and Regensburg has become one of the most-visited German cities from 100,000 to 500,000 residents. In 2014, Regensburg was ranked as a Top-30 travel attraction in Germany by international tourists.<ref name="germany.travel"/>