2006 The top 800 UK & 1250 Global companies by R&D investment

Ranking of the top 800 UK companies by R&D investment within industry sectors–––––––––––––––––– 2005/06 R&D investment –––––––––––––––––– ——–—–– Operating profit ——–—–– ––––––––––––––––– Sales and employees ––––––––––––––––– ————––—–––—— R&D and employees ——–—––——––––—–––––––––– Sales –––––––––– ––––– Sales / employee ––––– ––––––––– Employees ––––––––– ––––– R&D / employee ––––– Sales––––– Growth ––––– operating R&D + ––––– Growth ––––– ––––– Growth ––––– –––––– Growth ––––– ––––– Growth ––––– –––––– Growth ––––– outside –––Market cap –––change change profit sales capex as change change sales change change change change change change change change region changeCompany £m 1 yr % 4 yr % % % % sales £m 1 yr % 4 yr % % £m 1 yr % 4 yr % £000 1 yr % 4 yr % number 1 yr % 4 yr % £000 1 yr % 4 yr % % £m %18 Health care equipment & services continuedGenetix 1.29 20 3 105.5 10.7 12.9 1 n/a 279 10.1 12 -1 1 121.2 7 5 100 -7 -4 12.9 30 7 68 34 0Bioquell 1.21 30 -6 n/m 7.0 14.0 0 n/m n/m -2.4 17 11 23 82.4 1 21 209 11 1 5.8 17 -8 n/a 42 5Advanced Medical Solutions 1.15 -6 5 n/m 8.9 13.4 0 n/m n/m -0.3 13 17 44 71.6 15 35 180 2 7 6.4 -8 -1 24 15 15IDMos 0.99 >999 n/a n/m n/a n/a -2 n/m n/a n/a 0 n/m n/a 0.0 n/m n/a 3 50 n/a 328.3 994 n/a n/a 24 n/aSphere Medical 0.98 612 n/a n/m n/a n/a -1 n/m n/a n/a 0 -100 n/a 0.0 -100 n/a 9 200 n/a 109.1 137 n/a n/a n/l n/lCustomVis 0.88 -13 n/a n/m 585.4 674.8 -5 n/m n/a >-999.9 0 >999 n/a 2.6 >999 n/a 57 21 n/a 15.5 -28 n/a 74 2 0Cozart 0.72 50 n/a n/m 15.2 33.5 -1 -749 n/a -12.7 5 17 n/a 67.7 -6 n/a 70 25 n/a 10.3 20 n/a 5 29 n/aImmunodiagnostic Systems 0.70 46 n/a 242.9 12.8 14.5 0 n/a n/a 5.3 5 22 n/a 97.1 11 n/a 56 10 n/a 12.4 33 n/a n/a 21 n/aGenosis 0.58 51 n/a n/m 264.4 337.0 -3 n/m n/a >-999.9 0 n/m n/a 43.8 n/m n/a 5 150 n/a 115.8 -40 n/a 0 4 n/aMediwatch 0.55 67 115 n/m 31.2 32.9 -1 n/m n/m -60.0 2 59 105 93.1 34 71 19 19 27 29.0 41 79 n/a 9 -25Celsis International 0.50 18 -8 13.1 2.6 8.9 4 19 315 20.0 19 9 15 103.1 4 19 187 4 -4 2.7 13 -2 78 36 -8Respironics ** 0.47 -17 1 34.2 2.7 4.0 1 -25 -12 7.9 18 11 31 159.3 -2 7 110 13 22 4.3 -27 -16 8 n/l n/lNMT 0.44 -12 -25 n/m n/a n/a -2 n/m n/m n/a 0 n/m -100 0.0 n/m -100 9 -74 -93 49.3 241 659 n/a 4 -38LiDCO 0.39 -4 -5 n/m 11.3 12.9 -2 n/m n/m -61.2 3 51 68 95.0 68 88 36 -10 -9 10.7 7 2 39 24 419 Household goods 130.40 5.7 14.2 8.5 1.1 2.7 1526 3.5 24.4 12.5 12230 6 16.1 180.0 5.4 18.6 67939 0.6 -4.7 1.9 5.1 12.7 23 n/a n/aReckitt Benckiser 63.00 5 14 7.5 1.5 3.3 840 11 34 20.1 4179 8 15 205.9 6 20 20300 2 -4 3.1 3 19 n/a 15378 23Dyson James 19.42 31 74 26.0 4.6 10.5 75 90 176 17.5 426 54 75 296.6 52 102 1437 1 -15 13.5 30 98 48 n/l n/lGlen Electric 13.76 6 27 33.8 2.0 3.7 41 0 12 6.0 682 2 17 126.7 4 13 5383 -3 4 2.6 9 21 10 n/l n/lKohler ** 5.68 -2 35 50.4 5.1 10.6 11 -3 16 10.0 112 5 42 95.4 -6 20 1179 12 21 4.8 -12 14 0 n/l n/lWaterford Wedgwood ** 4.60 31 17 n/m 1.1 2.3 -90 n/m n/m -21.9 409 -5 -15 60.4 -11 -14 6775 7 -1 0.7 23 18 57 n/l n/lMcBride 4.50 -4 n/a 14.4 0.8 4.1 31 1 49 5.8 537 7 8 127.6 2 8 4208 5 0 1.1 -9 n/a 0 286 n/aAga Foodservice 4.20 11 29 10.1 0.8 2.9 42 45 81 8.3 502 15 31 89.0 5 9 5641 10 21 0.7 1 8 28 481 24Avery Weigh-Tronix 3.37 8 8 153.1 2.2 4.0 2 -34 -32 1.4 156 33 32 51.7 16 45 3019 14 -12 1.1 -5 20 40 n/l n/lJeyes 2.19 -1 n/a 67.3 1.3 4.0 3 -12 n/a 1.9 174 -7 n/a 105.1 -5 n/a 1659 -2 n/a 1.3 1 n/a 14 n/l n/lGeorge Wimpey 2.00 -51 n/a 0.5 0.1 0.4 438 -12 20 14.6 3003 1 16 496.4 0 5 6050 1 12 0.3 -52 n/a 28 1896 n/aHerman Miller ** 1.82 16 33 115.2 2.7 7.3 2 n/a -2 2.4 67 15 -13 241.8 10 10 276 5 -22 6.6 11 43 n/a n/l n/lFW Thorpe 1.03 -9 34 19.2 2.5 5.3 5 7 70 12.9 42 12 26 80.1 5 17 519 6 7 2.0 -14 25 3 58 53Hoover ** 0.83 -32 -28 n/m 0.5 3.3 -6 n/m n/m -3.4 177 -2 7 128.6 17 32 1372 -16 -20 0.6 -18 -11 0 n/l n/lBrintons 0.80 -12 -15 24.5 0.9 3.4 3 n/a n/a 3.6 91 -11 -9 45.0 5 5 2020 -15 -14 0.4 4 -1 n/a n/l n/lKenwood ** 0.73 -13 -24 n/m 0.5 2.3 -2 -127 -121 -1.2 144 12 43 457.3 2 22 316 9 16 2.3 -20 -34 17 n/l n/lFamco 0.71 -23 -19 n/m 0.3 2.4 -17 n/m n/m -7.5 227 -8 -14 63.8 14 15 3560 -19 -25 0.2 -5 12 0 n/l n/lElectrolux ** 0.50 0 n/a n/m 0.1 0.9 -5 n/m >-999 -1.3 384 -6 154 310.6 4 112 1236 -9 140 0.4 11 n/a 0 n/l n/lAmtico 0.49 -24 -21 65.6 0.6 3.6 1 -91 -90 0.9 80 4 5 108.7 5 2 740 -1 3 0.7 -24 -23 n/a n/l n/lRedrow 0.40 33 50 0.3 0.1 0.7 151 14 44 19.3 780 16 37 570.5 10 25 1368 6 11 0.3 26 40 n/a 778 25Steinhoff UK Beds ** 0.38 4 11 21.9 0.7 1.6 2 60 -28 3.0 57 1 12 64.5 13 18 881 -11 -5 0.4 16 17 0 n/l n/l20 Industrial engineering 273.77 6 7.3 29.9 1.4 4.0 915 57.6 88 4.8 18922 16.7 16.9 135.5 11.8 19.4 139664 4.4 -4 2.0 1.8 7.2 46 n/l n/lCaterpillar ** 35.43 20 18 n/m 1.8 4.6 -22 n/m n/m -1.1 2025 30 34 211.5 16 32 9575 12 1 3.7 8 16 53 n/l n/lIMI 29.40 11 11 17.0 1.9 4.9 173 57 75 10.9 1578 -2 -2 92.3 -2 1 17099 0 -3 1.7 10 13 n/a 1690 7JCB Service ** 26.79 18 33 48.7 2.4 6.1 55 319 257 5.0 1100 22 31 237.5 11 17 4631 9 12 5.8 8 19 n/a n/l n/lAGCO International ** 22.79 5 37 15.7 1.0 2.5 145 57 82 6.5 2222 46 67 210.5 8 22 10557 36 38 2.2 -23 0 36 n/l n/lCNH ** 17.39 8 -9 n/m 2.0 2.9 -51 -827 -335 -6.0 855 -12 12 646.8 3 32 1322 -15 -15 13.2 26 8 n/a n/l n/lHalma 14.21 21 39 23.7 4.2 7.7 60 34 34 17.8 337 13 20 105.9 6 9 3187 6 10 4.5 14 27 n/a 710 31Enodis 12.50 -13 -9 41.8 1.9 3.8 30 -29 55 4.5 665 1 -17 110.2 2 0 6038 0 -17 2.1 -12 5 79 877 72LDV 10.07 151 182 n/m 8.4 48.6 -24 n/m n/m -20.0 120 -15 -32 140.7 -7 -12 856 -8 -23 11.8 173 263 0 n/l n/lBombardier Transportation ** 8.37 -7 -25 19.9 0.8 1.3 42 n/a n/a 4.0 1046 41 99 222.4 56 84 4703 -10 10 1.8 3 -33 0 n/l n/lVitec 7.80 -1 -3 43.3 4.0 9.7 18 40 8 9.2 195 5 4 126.7 6 3 1538 -1 1 5.1 0 -4 n/a 196 28Senior 7.70 -3 65 37.0 2.3 7.1 21 22 24 6.1 339 4 -13 68.8 6 -3 4918 -2 -9 1.6 -1 77 60 205 30FKI 7.50 -10 -13 6.9 0.6 2.5 108 65 43 8.1 1339 4 -6 107.9 11 12 12407 -7 -16 0.6 -3 2 64 560 -7JCB Compact Products 6.66 3 39 n/m 4.3 5.3 0 n/m -108 -0.2 157 40 49 304.1 42 48 515 -2 1 12.9 5 38 20 n/l n/lSpirax-Sarco Engineering 5.37 6 13 9.6 1.5 4.9 56 10 24 16.1 349 7 14 89.5 13 18 3899 -5 -4 1.4 12 18 53 670 15Charter 5.30 -22 -55 5.0 0.5 2.2 105 205 435 9.9 1066 22 18 113.8 18 26 9362 4 -7 0.6 -25 -52 59 1248 143Weir 5.25 -5 9 13.1 0.6 3.2 40 -25 -21 4.9 824 11 15 105.4 11 17 7817 1 -2 0.7 -5 10 72 886 19Foseco 4.90 0 90 13.6 1.3 4.4 36 2 81 9.6 377 11 35 122.9 7 26 3065 3 6 1.6 -3 80 52 268 n/aLuxfer 4.10 3 6 25.6 1.8 4.6 16 36 156 6.9 233 2 2 119.2 7 9 1952 -4 -7 2.1 7 14 56 n/l n/lStanelco 3.44 129 260 n/m 236.5 413.1 -3 n/m n/m -227.1 1 9 -54 28.0 -8 -63 52 18 26 66.1 94 186 40 48 -75Eaton ** 3.41 -54 -46 85.7 1.1 3.6 4 n/a -30 1.3 310 2 7 107.7 10 -6 2874 -7 13 1.2 -50 -52 n/a n/l n/lDoncasters 3.34 11 33 14.4 0.9 4.9 23 n/a n/a 5.9 392 17 5 91.1 12 15 4305 4 -9 0.8 7 42 41 n/l n/lRotork 2.96 22 33 8.1 1.7 2.6 37 22 37 20.9 175 19 30 144.9 12 19 1207 6 9 2.5 15 22 n/a 625 38NSK ** 2.72 8 -23 10.4 0.5 3.2 26 36 n/a 5.0 527 44 20 142.4 50 61 3702 -4 -24 0.7 13 3 n/a n/l n/lMesco ** 2.69 15 19 45.0 0.7 1.4 6 61 271 1.5 396 29 33 96.0 21 24 4126 7 7 0.7 8 10 19 n/l n/lITW ** 2.50 6 n/a n/m 0.6 2.2 -12 n/m >-999 -2.8 434 10 40 141.4 4 0 3068 6 39 0.8 0 n/a 7 n/l n/l16 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 17