Editing Groningen (section)

==Economy==
Hotel and catering industries constitute a significant part of the economy in Groningen.<ref>{{cite news |title=Number of overnight tourists up to 46 million in 2019 |url=https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2020/10/number-of-overnight-tourists-up-to-46-million-in-2019 |access-date=7 August 2020 |work=Statistics Netherlands |date=9 March 2020}}</ref> Focus on business services has increased over time and areas such as IT, life sciences, tourism, energy, and environment have developed.<ref name="OECD2020">{{cite book |author=OECD |title=OECD Urban Studies The Circular Economy in Groningen, the Netherlands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ps7ZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 |date=31 March 2020 |publisher=OECD Publishing |isbn=978-92-64-72442-6 |pages=14–24}}</ref>

Until 2008 there were two major [[Beet sugar factory|Beet sugar factories]] within the city. The [[Suiker Unie]] plant was constructed in the outskirts of Groningen, but became a part of the city due to expansion. The factory had 98 employees before it was closed in 2008 due to a reduction in demand.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suiker Unie to Concentrate Sugar Production in Dinteloord and Hoogkerk |url=https://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/suiker-unie-to-concentrate-sugar-production-in-dinteloord-and-hoogkerk.html |date=17 January 2008 |access-date=7 August 2020 |work=FoodIngredientsFirst.com |publisher=CNS Media}}</ref> As of 2017, [[Vierverlaten sugar factory]] in [[Hoogkerk]] remains the only beet sugar production plant in the city.<ref>{{cite news |title=CSM beet plant a victim of EU sugar reform |url=https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2005/01/07/CSM-beet-plant-a-victim-of-EU-sugar-reform |access-date=7 August 2020 |work=ConfectioneryNews |date=16 March 2017}}</ref> Other notable companies from Groningen include publishing company [[Noordhoff Uitgevers]],<ref name="Koopmans2015">{{cite book |author=Joop W. Koopmans |title=Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GU-xCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 |date=5 November 2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=978-1-4422-5593-7 |pages=67–100}}</ref> tobacco company [[Niemeyer (tobacco)|Niemeyer]],<ref>{{cite book |title=International Brands and Their Companies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_jsAAAAMAAJ |year=1991 |publisher=Gale Research |isbn=978-0-8103-6946-7 |page=641}}</ref> health insurance company Menzis,<ref name="Leeuwen2007">{{cite book |author=Sjors van Leeuwen |title=Zorgmarketing in de praktijk |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Blsywu9OjKkC&pg=PA11 |year=2007 |publisher=Uitgeverij Van Gorcum |language=nl |isbn=978-90-232-4325-0 |page=11}}</ref> distillery [[Hooghoudt distillery|Hooghoudt]],<ref name="Eyewitness2020" /> and natural gas companies [[GasUnie]] and [[GasTerra]].<ref name="InkpenMoffett2017">{{cite book |author1=Andrew C. Inkpen |author2=Michael H. Moffett |author3=Kannan Ramaswamy |title=The Global Oil & Gas Industry: Stories From the Field |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phxpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88 |date=14 June 2017 |publisher=PennWell Corporation |isbn=978-1-59370-381-3 |pages=87–88}}</ref>