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 %20 Industrial engineering continuedFenner 2.09 -9 8 13.3 0.7 3.3 16 72 92 5.0 313 20 38 106.1 8 14 2949 11 21 0.7 -17 -13 77 316 82Renold 1.90 -5 -17 n/m 1.0 4.8 -4 -171 -173 -2.1 197 3 0 73.6 2 9 2677 1 -8 0.7 -6 -10 n/a 43 8Crane ** 1.61 27 83 36.7 1.3 3.2 4 n/a 165 3.5 126 18 45 95.2 36 29 1320 -13 12 1.2 46 68 n/a n/l n/lB Elliott 1.60 -14 -26 n/m 2.9 4.1 -12 >-999 n/m -21.3 56 -22 -31 79.0 -5 2 704 -19 -33 2.3 6 10 70 n/l n/lMcCormick Tractors International ** 1.45 -7 -13 n/m 0.9 1.2 -10 n/m -341 -6.0 161 -21 -17 407.9 -15 -18 395 -7 0 3.7 1 -12 36 n/l n/lEndress + Hauser ** 1.21 1 -14 n/m 2.7 4.2 -3 >-999 n/m -6.8 44 -4 -21 132.7 -5 9 334 1 -29 3.6 0 13 n/a n/l n/lMolins 1.20 -57 -56 n/m 1.0 2.1 -3 n/m -149 -2.3 121 -1 5 91.9 15 6 1321 -14 -1 0.9 -50 -56 70 22 -29GD First ** 1.08 -45 -46 21.8 1.2 3.6 5 48 20 5.5 90 6 12 100.6 4 13 893 1 -2 1.2 -45 -45 38 n/l n/lMoog Controls ** 1.04 -9 0 44.5 3.1 7.0 2 -17 -27 7.1 33 -3 -2 112.5 0 1 294 -4 -3 3.5 -5 4 10 n/l n/lLTG Technologies 1.03 56 -4 n/m 2.0 3.1 -1 n/m n/m -1.3 52 -6 -12 117.2 -6 16 446 0 -27 2.3 55 36 n/a 19 -37Corac 0.97 -3 -12 n/m 116.5 118.1 -2 n/m n/m -270.0 1 15 280 29.9 15 249 28 0 22 34.8 -3 -30 n/a 28 17Lincat 0.94 3 7 19.7 2.7 9.8 5 11 8 13.8 34 8 14 95.2 7 7 361 1 6 2.6 2 0 14 42 11Gooch & Housego 0.87 -11 -7 18.3 3.9 11.6 5 41 57 21.3 22 19 29 78.0 4 10 286 14 17 3.0 -22 -21 66 63 58Melrose 0.80 n/a n/a 9.9 0.3 2.9 8 n/a n/a 3.0 270 n/m n/a 88.7 n/m n/a 3043 >999 n/a 0.3 n/a n/a 60 368 n/aSKF ** 0.70 8 6 5.7 0.6 1.3 12 -1 73 10.8 114 11 9 263.6 11 10 431 0 -1 1.6 8 7 n/a n/l n/lDennis Eagle ** 0.49 57 88 8.0 0.4 1.1 6 27 213 5.6 110 10 32 184.3 7 33 596 3 -1 0.8 53 89 1 n/l n/lManganese Bronze 0.47 -73 -84 51.0 0.5 4.0 1 n/a n/a 1.0 88 1 -19 183.6 10 36 477 -8 -42 1.0 -71 -73 3 50 43Pursuit Dynamics 0.47 26 -20 n/m 522.2 737.8 -3 n/m n/m >-999.9 0 -40 137 3.8 -55 80 24 33 134 19.6 -6 -78 0 61 -34Surface Transforms 0.47 285 118 n/m 183.3 208.1 -1 n/m n/m -314.0 0 -40 28 16.1 -44 16 16 7 19 29.6 261 97 0 2 n/aSira 0.44 -31 -49 n/m 4.3 5.4 0 n/m n/m -3.8 10 -1 -7 53.5 2 -5 191 -4 -1 2.3 -29 -48 13 n/l n/lHydro International 0.37 22 40 28.4 2.0 2.8 1 16 44 7.0 19 50 94 181.0 5 12 103 43 76 3.6 -15 -20 24 16 2321 Industrial metals 70.82 4.4 2 10.2 0.6 4.3 695 32.3 n/a 5.5 12650 11.3 23.2 221.2 12.6 36.3 57182 -1.1 -11.5 1.2 5.6 11.3 20 n/a n/aCorus 66.00 5 6 10.2 0.7 4.8 646 7 n/a 6.4 10140 9 26 210.4 10 34 48200 -1 -6 1.4 6 12 20 3587 67British Alcan Aluminium ** 1.80 6 -29 n/m 0.4 4.0 -14 -536 n/m -3.3 442 2 -12 243.7 7 23 1813 -5 -29 1.0 12 2