Traditionally, Aberdeen was home to
fishing, textile mills, shipbuilding and paper making. These industries have
been largely replaced. High technology developments in the electronics design
and development industry, research in agriculture and fishing and the oil
industry, which has been largely responsible for Aberdeen's economic boom in
the last three decades, are now major parts of Aberdeen's economy. Until the
1970s, most of Aberdeen's leading industries dated from the 18th century;
mainly these were textiles, foundry work, shipbuilding and paper-making, the
oldest industry in the city, with
