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

Index for ranking the top 1250 global companiesIndex for ranking the top 1250 global companiesRankwithinCompany Rank Industry Industry SectorRicoh, Japan 93 24 Technology hardware & equipmentRieter, Switzerland 540 25 Industrial engineeringRobert Bosch, Germany 25 8 Automobiles & partsRoche, Switzerland 19 6 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyRockwell Automation, USA 444 33 Electronic & electrical equipmentRockwell Collins, USA 296 16 Aerospace & defenceRohm, Japan 268 57 Technology hardware & equipmentRohm & Haas, USA 270 16 ChemicalsRolls-Royce, UK 132 7 Aerospace & defenceRoper Industries, USA 905 74 Electronic & electrical equipmentRoyal & Sun Alliance, UK 331 1 Nonlife insuranceRoyal Bank of Scotland, UK 143 1 BanksRoyal Dutch Shell, UK 138 3 Oil & gas producersRSA Security, USA 823 61 Software & computer servicesRWE, Germany 422 2 Gas, water & multiutilitiesS1, USA 1035 78 Software & computer servicesSAAB, Sweden 561 18 Aerospace & defenceSAFRAN, France 146 9 Aerospace & defenceSage, UK 440 30 Software & computer servicesSaint-Gobain, France 204 1 Construction & materialsSalix Pharmaceuticals, USA 1216 151 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologySalzgitter, Germany 777 14 Industrial metalsSamsung Electro-Mechanics, South Korea 267 21 Electronic & electrical equipmentSamsung Electronics, South Korea 9 2 Electronic & electrical equipmentSanden, Japan 1095 72 Automobiles & partsSanDisk, USA 349 74 Technology hardware & equipmentSandvik, Sweden 342 11 Industrial engineeringSanken Electric, Japan 634 119 Technology hardware & equipmentSankyo, Japan (now part of Daiichi Sankyo) 114 21 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologySanofi-Aventis, France 16 5 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologySanpaolo IMI, Italy 499 4 BanksSanten Pharmaceutical, Japan 558 75 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologySanyo Chemical Industries, Japan 1216 93 ChemicalsSanyo Electric, Japan 81 6 Electronic & electrical equipmentSAP, Germany 70 4 Software & computer servicesSartorius, Germany 1089 139 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologySasol, South Africa 1189 17 Oil & gas producersSauer-Danfoss, USA 859 46 Industrial engineeringSaurer, Switzerland 668 34 Industrial engineeringSCA, Sweden 711 3 Forestry & paperScania, Sweden 210 6 Industrial engineeringScansoft (now Nuance Communications), USA 1137 97 Software & computer servicesSchering, Germany (now part of Bayer) 77 17 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologySchering-Plough, USA 56 13 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologySchindler, Switzerland 674 35 Industrial engineeringSchlumberger, USA 154 1 Oil equipment, services & distributionSchneider, France 128 9 Electronic & electrical equipmentSchwarz Pharma, Germany 242 38 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyScientific-Atlanta, USA (now part of Cisco Systems) 364 7 MediaSeaChange International, USA 1218 105 Software & computer servicesSealed Air, USA 719 23 General industrialsSecom, Japan 1158 11 Support servicesSeeBeyond Technology, USA (now part of Sun Microsystems) 1139 98 Software & computer servicesSega Sammy, Japan 208 12 Software & computer servicesSEI Investments, USA 481 1 General financialSeiko Epson, Japan 201 15 Electronic & electrical equipmentSekisui Chemical, Japan 350 5 Household goodsSekisui House, Japan 917 11 Household goodsSemiconductor Manufacturing, China 701 133 Technology hardware & equipmentSemtech, USA 1163 208 Technology hardware & equipmentSepracor, USA 433 55 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologySerco, UK 708 6 Support servicesSerono, Switzerland 130 23 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologySeton House, UK 1032 33 General industrialsSEZ, Switzerland 1186 212 Technology hardware & equipmentSharp, Japan 72 5 Electronic & electrical equipmentRankwithinCompany Rank Industry Industry SectorShikoku Electric Power, Japan 1000 14 ElectricityShimadzu, Japan 781 43 Industrial engineeringShimano, Japan 747 23 Leisure goodsShimizu, Japan 827 13 Construction & materialsShin-Etsu Chemical, Japan 274 17 ChemicalsShindengen Electric Manufacturing, Japan 1191 213 Technology hardware & equipmentShionogi, Japan 288 44 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyShire, UK 251 39 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyShiseido, Japan 442 8 Personal goodsShowa, Japan 885 64 Automobiles & partsShowa Denko, Japan 429 28 ChemicalsSiemens, Germany 8 1 Electronic & electrical equipmentSIG, Switzerland 846 26 General industrialsSigma-Aldrich, USA 962 77 ChemicalsSigmatel, USA 717 136 Technology hardware & equipmentSilicon Graphics, USA 625 116 Technology hardware & equipmentSilicon Image, USA 1048 188 Technology hardware & equipmentSilicon Integrated Systems, Taiwan 1210 218 Technology hardware & equipmentSilicon Laboratories, USA 584 109 Technology hardware & equipmentSilicon Storage Technology, USA 968 175 Technology hardware & equipmentSK Telecom, South Korea 287 2 Mobile telecommunicationsSKF, Sweden 560 26 Industrial engineeringSkyePharma, UK 1053 133 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologySkyworks Solutions, USA 418 84 Technology hardware & equipmentSMC, Japan 483 14 General industrialsSmith & Nephew, UK 521 19 Health care equipment & servicesSmith International, USA 735 5 Oil equipment, services & distributionSmiths, UK 290 15 Aerospace & defenceSnap-On, USA 953 12 Household goodsSNCF, France 803 4 Industrial transportationSNPE, France 536 36 ChemicalsSoftware, Germany 937 69 Software & computer servicesSolutia, USA 1105 88 ChemicalsSolvay, Belgium 144 10 ChemicalsSonic Solutions, USA 1117 89 Software & computer servicesSonus Networks, USA 1017 182 Technology hardware & equipmentSony, Japan 18 2 Leisure goodsSorin, Italy 861 32 Health care equipment & servicesSpectris, UK 712 54 Electronic & electrical equipmentSpirent (now Spirent Communications), UK 552 105 Technology hardware & equipmentSprint Nextel, USA 1007 7 Mobile telecommunicationsSPSS, USA 894 67 Software & computer servicesSPX, USA 858 69 Electronic & electrical equipmentSSA Global Technologies, USA (now part of Infor Global Solutions) 575 37 Software & computer servicesSt Jude Medical, USA 196 5 Health care equipment & servicesStada Arzneimittel, Germany 1112 140 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyStandard Chartered, UK 647 7 BanksStandard Microsystems, USA 865 160 Technology hardware & equipmentStatoil, Norway 412 10 Oil & gas producersSteelcase, USA 998 16 Household goodsSteris, USA 1232 53 Health care equipment & servicesSTMicroelectronics, The Netherlands 63 15 Technology hardware & equipmentStoneridge, USA 1137 74 Automobiles & partsStora Enso, Finland 572 1 Forestry & paperStorage Technology, USA (now part of Sun Microsystems) 345 73 Technology hardware & equipmentStork, The Netherlands 1087 61 Industrial engineeringStryker, USA 256 6 Health care equipment & servicesSud-Chemie, Germany 1116 90 ChemicalsSudzucker, Germany 1196 22 Food producersSuez, France 588 3 Gas, water & multiutilitiesSumco, Japan 1147 91 ChemicalsSumitomo Bakelite, Japan 618 44 ChemicalsSumitomo Chemical, Japan 123 8 ChemicalsSumitomo Electric, Japan 162 11 Electronic & electrical equipmentSumitomo Heavy Industries, Japan 904 50 Industrial engineeringSumitomo Metal Industries, Japan 495 9 Industrial metals242 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 243