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 £mARC International 246 6.53 -20 62.2 37 8.21 12.44 13.05 13.29Delcam 247 6.51 12 27.7 35 5.79 5.17 4.47 4.02Arval PHH ** 248 6.48 0 0.2 22 6.47 9.64 n/a n/aToshiba Research Europe ** 249 6.43 -2 72.0 8 6.56 6.17 4.39 4.13Octel International(now Innospec International) ** 250 6.41 12 2.1 5 5.72 3.11 2.83 3.15Cramer Systems 251 6.38 11 16.3 35 5.75 4.14 3.49 n/aHuntleigh Technology 252 6.33 16 3.2 18 5.45 5.32 5.51 5.44Ubiquity Software 253 6.30 98 84.5 35 3.18 2.44 2.82 2.26Elementis 254 6.20 9 1.6 5 5.70 n/a n/a n/aMicrogen 255 6.16 46 15.1 35 4.23 2.39 2.48 1.29Radstone Technology 256 6.11 35 12.2 37 4.53 3.94 3.47 2.75Vislink 257 6.00 47 7.1 37 4.09 3.65 4.42 4.50Marlborough Stirling(now Vertex Financial Sercies) 258 5.97 30 6.4 35 4.60 5.13 4.94 4.25Superscape 259 5.92 71 147.2 35 3.46 3.06 3.02 1.44RWE Thames Water ** 260 5.80 35 0.4 14 4.30 9.20 9.87 9.60McCormick ** 261 5.76 28 1.3 12 4.49 4.21 3.37 2.45Sondex 262 5.72 85 11.1 31 3.10 2.01 1.49 n/aDaiichi Pharmaceuticals ** 263 5.70 51 100.0 33 3.77 4.39 4.14 3.49Kohler ** 264 5.68 -2 5.1 19 5.79 4.08 2.74 n/aAllergy Therapeutics 265 5.62 >999 27.3 33 0.45 0.96 3.04 2.10Abbott ** 266 5.61 16 0.8 18 4.82 5.59 3.46 3.19Intercytex 266 5.61 32 n/a 33 4.24 3.26 2.81 2.31Napp Pharmaceutical 268 5.49 2 4.5 33 5.37 13.92 13.97 13.00NEC Europe ** 268 5.49 12 0.5 37 4.90 4.40 5.29 3.42Xaar 270 5.48 43 12.8 8 3.84 4.61 3.20 4.27Zetex 271 5.45 -22 9.5 37 6.99 8.74 7.47 8.41John Lewis 272 5.40 -7 0.1 17 5.80 n/a n/a n/aKimberly-Clark ** 272 5.40 -36 0.3 32 8.37 12.62 12.90 4.48Spirax-Sarco Engineering 274 5.37 6 1.5 20 5.05 4.88 4.41 4.59Evolutec 275 5.35 708 >999.9 33 0.66 0.66 1.14 1.00Arup 276 5.34 -29 1.2 36 7.55 9.23 n/a n/aDialight 276 5.34 -22 5.6 8 6.86 8.05 9.47 9.90Thomas Swan 278 5.32 42 19.5 5 3.76 4.22 1.43 0.92BPB (now part of Saint-Gobain, France) ** 279 5.30 -2 0.2 6 5.40 4.60 4.30 3.50Charter 279 5.30 -22 0.5 20 6.80 14.20 13.70 12.70e2v Technologies 281 5.28 -3 5.3 8 5.42 4.32 n/a n/aKerry Ingredients ** 281 5.28 4 2.3 12 5.06 5.36 6.17 6.61Weir 283 5.25 -5 0.6 20 5.51 4.96 4.07 4.71Torotrak 284 5.21 2 253.7 2 5.10 5.76 4.85 6.40Macro 4 285 5.17 3 15.6 35 5.04 5.85 5.67 4.87Dyson 286 5.16 30 8.7 5 3.97 3.69 2.60 1.72Clariant (Holdings) ** 287 5.15 -7 2.3 5 5.53 5.36 3.84 1.19MessageLabs 287 5.15 41 6.9 35 3.66 2.16 1.29 1.20NeuTec Pharma 289 5.14 56 n/a 33 3.29 2.97 1.86 1.06CML Microsystems 290 5.12 n/a 19.4 37 n/a 2.82 2.28 1.94DaimlerChrysler ** 291 5.04 >999 0.1 17 0.19 0.89 0.36 0.42Pirelli ** 292 5.01 11 0.5 2 4.52 4.26 6.63 4.80E.ON UK ** 293 5.00 67 0.1 7 3.00 2.00 2.00 3.00Foseco 294 4.90 0 1.3 20 4.90 1.80 3.00 0.60Cardinal Health ** 295 4.89 30 1.4 18 3.76 3.03 2.42 1.97CeNeS Pharmaceuticals 295 4.89 41 >999.9 33 3.48 2.94 3.54 8.47Amarin 297 4.84 139 >999.9 33 2.03 3.17 3.86 3.15Hampson Industries 298 4.83 135 4.6 1 2.06 n/a n/a n/aBunge ** 299 4.82 144 0.1 12 1.98 2.28 2.01 2.12MTL Instruments 300 4.73 17 6.4 8 4.05 3.70 5.69 6.18Newport Networks 301 4.72 0 467.5 37 4.71 3.12 n/a n/aTrikon (now Aviza Europe) ** 302 4.71 -18 26.3 37 5.77 7.10 6.69 5.54SABMiller 303 4.66 14 0.1 4 4.08 n/a n/a n/aClearSpeed Technology 304 4.65 86 >999.9 37 2.50 1.77 1.73 5.05Body Shop International(now part of L'Oreal) 305 4.60 -13 1.1 17 5.30 4.90 4.50 6.70International Paint ** 305 4.60 -48 2.8 5 8.90 7.60 7.60 8.50Waterford Wedgwood ** 305 4.60 31 1.1 19 3.50 5.50 3.50 3.20Plethora Solutions 308 4.55 152 >999.9 33 1.81 n/a n/a n/a—–––––—— 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 £mChloride 309 4.53 -12 2.5 8 5.12 5.08 4.52 4.85Lorantis 309 4.53 17 n/a 33 3.86 3.75 2.69 1.27Beesail (aka Chubb) ** 311 4.50 -11 0.3 17 5.04 4.00 4.80 27.80McBride 311 4.50 -4 0.8 19 4.70 n/a n/a n/aChroma Therapeutics † 313 4.44 432 n/a 33 0.83 0.69 0.14 n/aMartin-Baker (Engineering) 314 4.43 23 3.8 1 3.59 5.43 7.59 8.11Clearswift Systems 315 4.41 -1 18.2 35 4.46 4.56 1.47 0.98Generics Group ** 315 4.41 -30 28.2 36 6.30 7.62 n/a n/aITI Scotland 317 4.34 >999 >999.9 15 0.35 n/a n/a n/aABB ** 318 4.26 24 1.0 8 3.44 3.70 10.53 12.01Games Workshop 318 4.26 0 3.7 23 4.28 6.63 6.26 4.48National Semiconductor ** 320 4.22 -13 1.6 37 4.86 4.38 4.16 4.18Redac * 321 4.21 84 6.5 35 2.28 4.40 10.49 9.14Aga Foodservice 322 4.20 11 0.8 19 3.80 3.30 2.50 3.40Victrex 323 4.17 20 4.1 5 3.47 2.60 2.29 2.02Devro 324 4.15 3 2.7 12 4.04 4.07 3.51 6.68Rhodia ** 324 4.15 17 2.9 5 3.54 2.41 2.28 1.86Linde Material Handling ** 326 4.10 -2 1.6 16 4.18 3.85 4.22 4.57Luxfer 326 4.10 3 1.8 20 4.00 4.10 3.60 3.80Witness Systems ** 328 4.07 71 16.9 35 2.37 4.41 5.29 4.41Ardana 329 4.01 -68 >999.9 33 12.44 n/a n/a n/aBalfour Beatty 330 4.00 -50 0.1 6 8.00 10.00 12.00 13.00British Energy † 330 4.00 -71 0.6 7 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00RWE Npower ** 330 4.00 -20 0.9 14 5.00 8.00 38.00 20.00Norbrook Laboratories 333 3.97 9 4.8 33 3.64 3.51 3.01 2.23Solexa 333 3.97 15 >999.9 18 3.45 2.87 1.33 0.32Microsulis 335 3.94 184 106.1 18 1.39 0.47 0.24 0.13Umbro 335 3.94 10 3.2 32 3.59 2.74 2.40 n/aGeneral Domestic Appliances ** 337 3.93 -9 0.6 23 4.31 5.06 5.04 5.32Meridio 337 3.93 80 61.0 35 2.18 1.82 n/a n/aLotus ** 339 3.92 49 2.4 2 2.62 3.78 5.15 20.51Makita International ** 339 3.92 13 0.9 23 3.48 3.58 2.96 1.36Severn Trent 341 3.90 5 0.2 14 3.70 3.20 3.90 3.50SDL 342 3.88 53 4.9 35 2.54 2.64 3.32 3.17Golden Acquisition ** 343 3.86 150 0.2 4 1.54 3.19 0.89 1.16Ricardo 343 3.86 -13 2.4 36 4.42 5.12 4.64 5.27IMERYS Minerals ** 345 3.84 -19 1.3 26 4.75 4.43 3.62 5.47Ferring Laboratories ** 346 3.82 -15 8.0 33 4.49 3.57 4.48 2.76EDF Energy ** 347 3.80 23 0.1 14 3.10 1.00 n/a 0.30SGL † 347 3.80 118 3.6 36 1.75 1.80 2.24 1.86Sporting Exchange 349 3.78 37 3.5 39 2.77 1.49 0.25 n/aKiln 350 3.77 301 1.0 29 0.94 1.36 1.63 n/aChemring 351 3.75 -38 2.8 1 6.03 4.74 4.55 5.04StatPro 352 3.71 34 34.4 35 2.77 1.17 1.41 1.83Rentokil Initial 353 3.70 28 0.2 36 2.90 n/a n/a n/aDetica 354 3.65 25 3.6 35 2.91 1.87 n/a n/aBarloworld ** 355 3.64 113 0.2 16 1.71 1.98 1.72 1.97AIT (now Portrait Software) 356 3.61 -17 25.3 35 4.36 6.33 9.47 5.74Beazley 357 3.60 n/a 0.6 29 n/a n/a n/a n/aNorcros 357 3.60 9 1.8 6 3.30 2.70 2.90 3.20AVX ** 359 3.49 -7 1.1 8 3.74 3.96 3.62 4.17Kraft Foods ** 360 3.48 -14 0.5 12 4.02 4.73 4.82 4.40Stanelco 361 3.44 129 236.5 20 1.50 0.81 0.84 0.66Eaton ** 362 3.41 -54 1.1 20 7.39 5.21 6.00 6.44OFCOM 362 3.41 0 2.3 25 3.42 1.14 1.18 1.73AEA Technology 364 3.40 -51 1.8 36 7.00 9.60 14.20 18.20British Vita (now part of TPG Spring) 364 3.40 -6 0.4 5 3.60 3.50 3.50 3.50Scapa 364 3.40 3 1.8 5 3.30 3.50 3.40 3.40Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems ** 367 3.38 30 1.4 2 2.61 1.13 3.37 n/aAvery Weigh-Tronix 368 3.37 8 2.2 19 3.11 2.51 3.10 3.79Linn Products 368 3.37 -7 10.5 23 3.64 2.74 1.74 1.03PZ Cussons 368 3.37 -16 0.7 32 4.02 3.74 3.62 3.24TTP 371 3.36 -18 15.0 35 4.08 4.03 3.73 8.01Digital Appliance Controls ** 372 3.35 0 0.8 8 3.34 4.24 4.60 6.56Forum Bioscience ** 372 3.35 -8 2.8 33 3.64 3.67 3.26 2.70Doncasters 374 3.34 11 0.9 20 3.01 2.35 2.20 n/a38 The 2006 R&D Scoreboard The 2006 R&D Scoreboard 39