Editing Osijek (section)

==Institutions and industries==
[[File:Neboder_Eurodom_Osijek.jpg|thumb|right|[[Eurodom Osijek]]]]
[[File:Portanova panorama.jpg|thumb|right|[[Portanova (Osijek)|Portanova Shopping Center]]]]
Major institutions in the city include the [[Josip Juraj Strossmayer]] [[University of Osijek]] (established in 1975), the [[Croatian National Theatre in Osijek|Croatian National Theatre]], the [[Museum of Slavonia]] (established in 1877), and the [[printing house]] dating to 1735. The city also has several [[gymnasium (school)|gymnasiums]], the oldest of which dates to 1729, a drawing school from the 19th century, a [[zoo|zoological garden]], a centre for the promotion of livestock breeding, and an institute for [[sugar beet]] farming.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

The ''Saponia'' chemical factory is the largest factory in the Osijek area. It is a major producer of detergents, soap and cosmetics whose products are recognized throughout the region as being of quality.<ref name="Sharma1997">{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Soumitra|title=Restructuring Eastern Europe: the microeconomics of the transition process|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mt5qCckuwd0C&pg=PA144|access-date=15 October 2011|year=1997|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing|isbn=978-1-85898-576-3|page=144}}</ref> It is by far the largest exporter in the city area. Other industries include a regional brewery, the Pivovara Osijek (first Croatian beer), a sugar processing plant, as well as a candy factory [[Kandit]]. The ''Niveta'' brush factory founded as ''Siva'' in 1922 still operates.

The Osijek area used to be much more industrialised and a broad range of goods and products were being manufactured there. One of the earliest factories was the ''Drava'' [[match]] factory, established in 1856, which no longer exists.<ref name="Jugoslavije1985">{{cite book|author=Yugoslavia. Komisija za Ekonomsku Historiju Jugoslavije|title=Acta historico-oeconomica Iugoslaviae: časopis za ekonomsku povijest Jugoslavije|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-TsAAAAMAAJ|access-date=15 October 2011|date=1 January 1985|publisher=Komisija za ekonomsku historiju Jugoslavije}}</ref>

Other industries included production of synthetic materials, agricultural machinery, metal furniture, wood and timber, textiles, footwear, and silk, as well as metal processing and printing. However, the 1990s saw most of these industries decline and in some cases close completely. However, the city remains at the centre of an important agricultural region.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}