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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 £mClarityblue 504 1.64 -17 7.3 36 1.97 n/a n/a n/aInsignia Solutions 504 1.64 -17 519.0 35 1.97 2.98 3.20 3.20James Halstead 506 1.62 3 1.4 6 1.57 1.74 1.70 0.96Crane ** 507 1.61 27 1.3 20 1.26 0.99 0.84 0.42Gresham Computing 507 1.61 9 11.5 35 1.47 1.87 1.52 1.33IBS OPENSystems † 507 1.61 n/a 7.7 35 n/a n/a n/a n/aOMG 507 1.61 15 11.3 35 1.40 1.38 1.67 1.31STMicroelectronics ** 507 1.61 4 10.6 37 1.55 1.40 27.92 27.97B Elliott 512 1.60 -14 2.9 20 1.85 1.80 2.20 2.81Clarity Commerce Solutions 512 1.60 60 9.8 35 1.00 0.35 0.35 0.25Electronic Data Processing 512 1.60 -7 22.9 35 1.72 1.74 1.85 2.01Provalis 512 1.60 -6 15.4 33 1.70 2.00 3.30 3.30World Gaming 512 1.60 -37 16.9 35 2.55 1.85 2.02 n/aOptos 517 1.59 11 5.6 18 1.43 1.35 0.72 n/aZimmer ** 518 1.58 -4 1.3 18 1.65 1.33 n/a n/aFree Radical Design 519 1.57 206 52.7 23 0.51 1.13 0.45 0.96ASITE 520 1.56 57 102.2 35 1.00 0.03 0.20 4.84Pro-Bel ** 521 1.55 363 9.2 35 0.33 1.27 2.01 2.48ADVFN 522 1.54 38 46.6 15 1.12 0.92 0.72 1.06Futura Medical 522 1.54 60 >999.9 33 0.96 0.68 0.81 0.68Sunrise Medical ** † 524 1.53 -21 3.3 18 1.94 1.35 1.28 2.27Block Shield † 525 1.52 770 130.2 8 0.18 n/a n/a n/aChalkfree † 525 1.52 n/a 1.9 8 n/a 1.26 1.10 0.63Trafficmaster 525 1.52 -15 3.6 25 1.78 1.07 2.78 3.97Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings ** 528 1.51 -18 4.3 5 1.84 2.58 2.59 n/aAlcoa ** 528 1.51 8 0.3 21 1.40 1.72 1.59 n/aThales Optronics ** 528 1.51 43 1.4 1 1.06 0.97 1.11 1.79Premier Foods 531 1.50 67 0.2 12 0.90 0.90 1.00 0.40Remec Europe ** † 532 1.49 -3 4.6 37 1.54 0.94 2.09 1.47Universe 533 1.48 -18 8.2 36 1.81 3.28 1.74 1.63TRL Electronics 534 1.47 96 6.6 1 0.75 0.49 n/a n/aGreat Lakes Europe ** 535 1.46 -9 1.1 5 1.60 1.82 1.74 1.32PA 535 1.46 n/m 0.5 36 0.00 25.06 23.69 18.88IndigoVision 537 1.45 -4 40.1 35 1.50 2.06 3.56 2.01McCormick Tractors International ** 537 1.45 -7 0.9 20 1.56 2.08 2.36 0.67VI 537 1.45 8 14.2 35 1.34 1.45 1.28 1.01ChevronTexaco ** 540 1.40 -7 999 5.4 8 0.03 n/a n/a n/aServicePower Technologies 622 1.02 -28 12.8 35 1.41 0.75 0.67 0.06Sopheon 625 1.01 13 21.6 35 0.89 1.24 2.33 3.01Allied Domecq(now part of Pernod Ricard, France) 626 1.00 0
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 £mJames Cropper 632 0.97 22 1.5 13 0.79 0.69 0.73 0.71Oxonica 632 0.97 33 77.5 5 0.73 n/a n/a n/aAcacia Biopharma ** 635 0.96 72 5.1 33 0.56 0.46 0.74 0.56Manpower Software 635 0.96 -6 16.2 35 1.02 0.81 0.79 0.82Smart Holograms 635 0.96 372 559.9 8 0.20 0.18 0.00 n/aMicap 638 0.95 -10 295.3 33 1.06 1.78 0.38 0.21Lincat 639 0.94 3 2.7 20 0.91 0.84 0.89 0.86MicroEmissive Displays 639 0.94 -36 >999.9 8 1.46 n/a n/a n/aSequa ** 639 0.94 -20 0.5 5 1.17 1.78 2.75 2.84General Dynamics ** 642 0.93 28 0.2 1 0.72 0.65 0.70 0.69ITM Power 642 0.93 61 n/a 8 0.58 0.32 0.02 n/aSerono ** 642 0.93 22 2.4 33 0.77 0.83 0.76 0.79Innovia Films † 645 0.92 n/a 1.4 5 n/a n/a n/a n/aSaint-Gobain Abrasives ** 645 0.92 99 1.3 6 0.46 0.31 0.88 0.88Screen (now Petards) 647 0.91 -24 4.0 36 1.20 1.98 1.90 0.84Business Control Solutions 648 0.90 62 10.9 35 0.55 n/a n/a n/aCOE 648 0.90 -5 16.8 8 0.94 0.14 n/a n/aKelda 648 0.90 0 0.1 14 0.90 0.90 0.90 1.00Accantia 651 0.89 9 1.1 32 0.81 0.91 n/a n/aFocus Solutions 651 0.89 -2 16.4 35 0.91 1.13 0.11 0.05Clinical Computing 653 0.88 9 53.1 35 0.80 0.86 0.91 1.09CustomVis 653 0.88 -13 585.4 18 1.02 0.09 n/a n/aSenetek 653 0.88 -4 19.9 33 0.91 0.78 0.20 0.48Gooch & Housego 656 0.87 -11 3.9 20 0.98 0.90 0.99 0.89Technolog 656 0.87 16 9.6 8 0.75 0.78 0.57 0.21BWI ** 658 0.86 -5 2.7 16 0.91 1.07 1.11 0.99ID Data 658 0.86 n/a 4.4 8 n/a n/a n/a n/aKalon (now SigmaKalon) ** 658 0.86 -1 0.4 5 0.87 0.83 0.78 0.76NextGen 658 0.86 -14 85.0 33 1.00 n/a n/a n/aDatong Electronics 662 0.84 31 13.0 8 0.64 0.74 0.63 0.41IQ-Ludorum 662 0.84 -30 47.0 35 1.21 2.50 3.62 1.30QXL ricardo 662 0.84 35 7.5 17 0.62 0.57 1.16 2.52Stem Cell Sciences 662 0.84 76 98.7 33 0.48 n/a n/a n/aZoo Digital † 662 0.84 1 8.3 35 0.83 0.60 0.19 n/aCadence Design Systems ** 667 0.83 4 3.4 37 0.80 0.52 0.27 0.59Hoover ** 667 0.83 -32 0.5 19 1.22 1.20 1.09 1.12Thomson Intermedia 667 0.83 9 7.4 25 0.76 0.64 0.51 0.43Eirx Therapeutics 670 0.82 -5 >999.9 33 0.86 n/a n/a n/aMarine Harvest ** 670 0.82 29 1.1 12 0.63 0.20 0.28 0.59Patientline 670 0.82 -33 1.5 10 1.23 1.16 1.67 1.75Robinson Brothers 673 0.81 -2 3.5 5 0.83 0.79 0.89 0.94Brintons 674 0.80 -12 0.9 19 0.91 1.09 0.96 0.81DCS 674 0.80 -76 2.3 35 3.30 2.60 3.00 3.00Enterprise 674 0.80 n/a 0.2 36 n/a n/a n/a n/aLatchways 674 0.80 58 2.9 36 0.51 0.49 0.67 0.51Melrose 674 0.80 n/a 0.3 20 n/a n/a n/a n/aUnipoly 674 0.80 -11 0.4 6 0.90 0.86 n/a n/aebookers (now part of Cendant) 680 0.79 -20 1.1 39 0.98 0.32 0.00 2.20Vanguard Car Rental EMEA ** 680 0.79 -61 0.3 39 2.02 1.62 0.64 1.70YooMedia 680 0.79 n/a 3.7 25 n/a n/a n/a 0.39Feedback 683 0.78 -48 8.5 8 1.49 1.41 0.94 0.72Gartland Whalley and Barker 683 0.78 n/a 0.5 16 n/a n/a n/a n/aIntercede 683 0.78 5 43.1 35 0.74 0.84 0.79 0.39Zotefoams 683 0.78 6 2.8 5 0.73 0.64 0.49 0.62Computer Software 687 0.75 -39 5.3 35 1.22 0.66 0.66 1.24Consilium 687 0.75 80 10.9 35 0.42 0.28 n/a n/aKnowledge Technology Solutions 687 0.75 63 60.1 25 0.46 0.26 0.22 n/aOneClickHR 687 0.75 55 15.7 35 0.48 0.49 0.00 0.00ReGen Therapeutics 687 0.75 63 642.2 33 0.46 0.33 0.58 0.92Tecteon 687 0.75 27 331.3 30 0.59 0.94 0.94 n/aAbcam 693 0.74 83 6.1 17 0.40 0.21 0.09 n/aDewhurst 694 0.73 -6 2.4 8 0.78 0.84 0.76 0.73Drew Scientific(now part of Escalon Medical, USA) 694 0.73 -38 8.3 33 1.17 1.50 0.84 0.76Kenwood ** 694 0.73 -13 0.5 19 0.83 0.63 0.97 1.38—–––––—— 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 £mYamanouchi Pharma(now Astellas Pharma) ** 694 0.73 16 2.1 11 0.63 1.48 0.81 0.58Cozart 698 0.72 50 15.2 18 0.48 n/a n/a n/aCyprotex 698 0.72 -8 26.7 33 0.78 0.78 0.74 0.08Ardagh Glass * 700 0.71 15 0.4 6 0.62 0.67 n/a n/aEuropean Colour 700 0.71 4 2.6 5 0.68 0.41 0.47 0.52Famco 700 0.71 -23 0.3 19 0.92 0.88 0.82 n/aHunting 703 0.70 -36 999.9 37 0.11 n/a n/a n/aDunlop Aircraft Tyres ** 745 0.50 -12 3.3 2 0.57 0.43 0.62 0.51Electrolux ** 745 0.50 0 0.1 19 0.50 0.26 n/a n/aIQE 745 0.50 -40 2.4 37 0.84 1.84 3.21 3.79Amtico 753 0.49 -24 0.6 19 0.64 0.69 0.66 0.47Dennis Eagle ** 753 0.49 57 0.4 20 0.31 0.22 0.28 0.23Get 753 0.49 35 0.6 8 0.36 0.34 0.33 0.31Transeda Technology ** 753 0.49 -6 31.6 35 0.52 0.85 0.67 0.52Dynea Aycliffe ** 757 0.48 19 3.3 5 0.40 0.23 0.21 0.23Pelikon 757 0.48 14 47.5 8 0.42 0.25 n/a n/aTiton 757 0.48 -9 2.9 6 0.53 0.62 0.55 0.4844 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 45
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