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

Ranking of the top 800 UK companies by R&D investmentRanking of the top 800 UK companies by R&D investment—–––––—— 2005/06 R&D investment —–––––—— ——––––––—– Previous R&D investment ——––––––—–change sales 2004/05 2003/04 2002/03 2001/02Company Rank £m 1 yr % % Industry £m £m £m £mBBC 125 16.20 -14 0.4 25 18.80 20.90 17.00 15.20Zarlink Semiconductor ** 126 16.11 -24 20.0 37 21.31 23.75 20.59 n/aBoots (now Alliance Boots) 127 16.10 -29 0.3 17 22.60 21.30 25.70 27.40Diageo 128 16.00 45 0.2 4 11.00 15.00 28.00 71.00Laird 128 16.00 108 3.1 8 7.70 6.00 5.50 3.40Alizyme 130 15.75 151 n/a 33 6.27 11.40 9.69 7.74Warner Chilcott(now Chilcott)(now part of Warner Acquisition) 131 15.72 -6 5.2 33 16.71 13.91 9.25 8.03Sony ** 132 15.71 -44 0.6 23 27.85 26.22 12.05 9.25OSI Pharmaceticals ** 133 15.64 -24 100.0 33 20.69 22.95 8.80 5.67Boehringer Ingelheim ** 134 15.59 -37 8.7 33 24.59 22.82 16.58 n/aShort Brothers ** 135 15.52 104 3.3 1 7.62 n/a n/a n/aFujitsu Telecom ** 136 15.14 3 8.3 37 14.77 9.99 10.57 18.96Johnson & Johnson ** 137 15.00 1 1.6 33 14.81 17.46 13.35 21.93AMS(now BAE Systems Integrated System) ** 138 14.49 54 3.0 1 9.40 10.13 6.92 6.22Generics UK ** 139 14.34 38 14.7 33 10.41 6.82 5.97 4.27Xenova(now part of Celtic Pharma Development) 140 14.28 -5 312.8 33 15.07 17.66 15.37 7.42Halma 141 14.21 21 4.2 20 11.76 11.24 9.62 8.21Systems Union 142 14.17 -5 12.5 35 14.89 10.92 10.54 12.05AVEVA 143 13.95 24 21.2 35 11.22 6.86 5.93 5.78Ark Therapeutics 144 13.94 52 594.0 33 9.15 5.37 5.02 4.54Glen Electric 145 13.76 6 2.0 19 12.94 11.18 10.19 9.03De La Rue 146 13.70 -18 2.2 36 16.80 21.30 25.70 24.50Micro Focus International 147 13.63 n/a 15.5 35 n/a n/a n/a n/aOxford Instruments 148 13.20 1 7.9 8 13.10 12.50 12.67 13.22Autonomy 149 12.77 54 22.8 35 8.30 8.22 6.10 5.79Northgate Information Solutions 150 12.76 67 6.2 35 7.63 6.89 7.35 7.49NSB 151 12.69 10 26.2 35 11.54 14.71 17.32 19.60Torex Retail 152 12.62 6 7.5 35 11.86 n/a n/a n/aAstex Therapeutics 153 12.59 11 312.3 33 11.38 8.67 6.64 3.46Westland Helicopters ** 154 12.57 4 1.4 1 12.14 15.23 20.29 16.56Enodis 155 12.50 -13 1.9 20 14.30 13.20 13.40 13.80Morgan Crucible 155 12.50 7 1.7 8 11.70 15.70 20.00 19.00Wolfson Microelectronics 155 12.50 31 12.9 37 9.58 5.46 3.28 1.91Jordan Grand Prix (now Midland F1) 158 12.40 14 37.8 39 10.89 16.48 16.77 n/aAlliance & Leicester 159 12.20 144 0.9 3 5.00 n/a n/a n/aChannel Four Television 160 12.10 33 1.4 25 9.10 7.50 7.10 7.80Psion 161 12.00 -3 7.1 37 12.43 12.65 12.64 19.62Gyrus 162 11.84 78 7.9 18 6.64 6.47 7.90 7.17Baxi 163 11.74 18 1.5 6 9.91 7.30 6.47 6.83Rio Tinto 164 11.65 -13 0.1 26 13.40 13.40 14.56 22.72LEAR ** 165 11.64 -34 8.0 2 17.58 19.72 18.55 18.12Heinz ** 166 11.00 -8 0.6 12 11.90 8.20 7.58 6.39Wittington Investments 166 11.00 38 0.2 12 8.00 6.00 6.00 7.00Aviagen ** 168 10.87 -7 6.3 12 11.72 14.85 17.10 18.75BBA 169 10.80 -9 0.7 22 11.90 9.40 10.20 12.60United Biscuits ** 169 10.80 74 0.9 12 6.20 5.70 6.70 6.40Inmarsat 171 10.78 48 3.8 27 7.28 0.06 3.31 7.25Avaya ** 172 10.75 -4 8.9 37 11.23 12.32 8.42 4.01Urenco 173 10.66 -16 2.1 36 12.73 14.08 13.01 10.66Dana Investments ** 174 10.57 -10 3.9 2 11.72 13.36 12.15 12.90Royalblue 175 10.53 42 14.2 35 7.41 6.82 6.05 6.11Yule Catto 176 10.52 0 1.9 5 10.57 11.29 12.29 10.92Innovata 177 10.37 -20 66.0 33 12.90 10.91 10.85 10.95GW Pharmaceuticals 178 10.28 -26 330.4 33 13.94 12.68 10.75 6.64Afton Chemical ** 179 10.27 28 5.5 5 8.05 7.75 10.90 10.74Vectura 180 10.21 17 227.7 33 8.73 7.05 2.68 1.08First Technology(now part of Honeywell Acquisitions) 181 10.20 36 6.2 8 7.50 8.00 8.20 4.10Anite 182 10.16 -14 5.4 35 11.80 10.20 6.20 4.92SCI Entertainment † 183 10.13 4 49.4 35 9.79 8.19 4.29 5.40LDV 184 10.07 151 8.4 20 4.01 1.59 4.00 4.70—–––––—— 2005/06 R&D investment —–––––—— ——––––––—– Previous R&D investment ——––––––—–change sales 2004/05 2003/04 2002/03 2001/02Company Rank £m 1 yr % % Industry £m £m £m £mAlliance UniChem(now part of Alliance Boots) 185 10.00 0 0.1 11 10.00 n/a n/a n/aDICOM 186 9.89 24 5.5 35 7.95 7.29 7.44 5.27Hikma Pharmaceuticals 187 9.62 71 6.3 33 5.63 n/a n/a n/aMicroscience(now Microscience Investments) 188 9.60 -6 >999.9 33 10.24 10.54 4.14 3.31Nationwide 189 9.50 6 0.6 15 9.00 n/a n/a n/aBaker Hughes ** 190 9.49 16 2.4 31 8.20 6.80 2.74 2.74Photo-Me 191 9.44 33 4.1 17 7.08 7.65 4.95 4.41Fair Isaac ** † 192 9.42 -25 17.2 35 12.58 13.51 14.25 10.13Schlumberger ** 193 9.36 -34 1.9 31 14.19 19.33 11.20 6.32Oxford Biomedica 194 9.33 1 >999.9 33 9.19 10.77 10.83 8.57Avon Rubber 195 9.14 31 3.8 2 6.95 5.50 5.71 5.26Arakis 196 9.00 n/a n/a 33 n/a n/a n/a n/aLucite International 196 9.00 0 1.2 5 9.00 9.00 10.00 9.00Axis-Shield 198 8.97 -11 15.4 33 10.02 12.88 9.90 6.66Croda International 199 8.90 22 2.9 5 7.30 6.80 6.10 6.10Ciba Specialty Chemicals ** 200 8.86 18 2.0 5 7.48 7.63 13.13 10.59CODASciSys 201 8.80 0 12.1 35 8.82 8.92 n/a n/aWagon 201 8.80 -19 2.1 2 10.80 11.10 14.40 8.50Sun Chemical ** 203 8.74 19 2.8 5 7.34 7.32 7.53 6.84Cambridge Display Technology ** 204 8.70 -4 126.8 8 9.10 9.46 6.22 6.18TT electronics 204 8.70 -19 1.5 8 10.80 8.60 8.10 9.60IVAX(now part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Israel) ** 206 8.65 -25 6.0 33 11.59 10.86 9.88 n/aKodak ** 207 8.60 -11 2.0 23 9.70 13.40 16.10 19.00Genus 208 8.54 -5 4.7 33 8.96 8.05 8.62 8.81Sanofi-Synthelabo ** 209 8.51 10 3.6 33 7.77 8.91 9.53 8.52Raymarine 210 8.44 4 6.9 8 8.14 8.58 6.35 4.62Empire Interactive 211 8.43 -13 28.6 35 9.65 10.86 4.97 4.20Surrey Satellite Technology 212 8.40 129 33.3 37 3.67 4.41 0.15 0.20Bombardier Transportation ** 213 8.37 -7 0.8 20 8.99 10.61 10.90 13.97Yamanouchi(now Astellas Pharma Europe) ** 214 8.33 -66 2.8 33 24.22 48.12 51.65 43.09Domino Printing Sciences 215 8.30 -13 4.3 8 9.55 8.50 8.26 8.67EADS Astrium ** 216 8.25 0 1.8 37 8.22 6.88 4.25 9.36SSL International 217 8.20 -5 1.8 32 8.60 11.40 13.00 11.60BTG 218 8.10 -49 16.1 33 15.80 19.11 15.51 13.56Plasmon 219 8.06 11 20.3 37 7.26 8.44 10.14 11.41O2 (now part of Telefonica, Spain) 220 8.00 -20 0.1 27 10.00 9.00 8.00 n/aPunch Graphix 221 7.93 -3 7.5 25 8.16 n/a n/a n/aServier ** 222 7.81 27 89.9 33 6.16 5.66 5.56 5.18Vitec 223 7.80 -1 4.0 20 7.90 8.80 7.90 7.60Renovo 224 7.72 26 n/a 33 6.12 4.20 3.40 1.78Senior 225 7.70 -3 2.3 20 7.90 3.80 3.80 3.20Biocompatibles International 226 7.68 42 225.9 18 5.41 4.55 4.92 9.33Randox Laboratories 227 7.65 -23 23.7 33 9.96 9.77 7.92 4.54SurfControl 228 7.55 34 13.3 35 5.64 4.39 3.70 3.31FKI 229 7.50 -10 0.6 20 8.30 11.20 7.80 7.20GEAC ** 230 7.45 12 9.5 35 6.67 7.95 6.71 13.79MBDA ** 231 7.20 10 0.8 1 6.53 6.75 3.65 4.11Calsonic Kansei Europe ** 232 7.19 -37 3.4 2 11.43 9.93 8.80 9.58Sharp Electronics ** 233 7.07 11 2.0 8 6.37 5.24 5.39 5.02BG 234 7.00 0 0.1 30 7.00 8.00 11.00 13.00National Grid 234 7.00 -22 0.1 14 9.00 10.00 18.00 16.00Bayer CropScience ** 236 6.98 -42 3.6 5 12.01 13.06 11.65 10.04Novo Nordisk ** 237 6.97 15 10.9 33 6.05 6.11 4.95 n/aPhytopharm 238 6.86 8 92.9 33 6.35 7.23 6.00 4.03Sygen International (now part of Genus) 239 6.80 -6 5.1 12 7.20 7.70 6.90 5.50Intelligent Energy 240 6.78 11 272.4 8 6.11 4.16 3.14 n/aProtherics 241 6.75 47 38.1 33 4.58 3.67 1.59 0.88Ineos 242 6.73 0 0.3 5 6.73 6.67 7.97 0.48JCB Compact Products 243 6.66 3 4.3 20 6.44 5.00 3.84 3.90888 244 6.59 65 4.2 39 4.00 n/a n/a n/aGenzyme ** 245 6.56 46 6.5 33 4.51 2.71 1.41 1.2336 The 2006 R&D Scoreboard The 2006 R&D Scoreboard 37