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

Ranking of the top 800 UK companies by R&D intensity within listing status–– 2005/06 R&D investment –– –– 2005/06 R&D investment –– –– 2005/06 R&D investment ––sales sales salesCompany £m % Company £m % Company £m %Robotic Technology Systems 1.97 4.7Telit Communications 2.69 4.5ID Data 0.86 4.4Applied Optical 1.08 4.3Screen (now Petards) 0.91 4.0Gooch & Housego 0.87 3.9Christie 2.92 3.8Newmark Security 0.46 3.8YooMedia 0.79 3.7Chelford 0.53 3.6Patsystems 0.54 3.5Eckoh Technologies 2.17 2.7Eleco 1.25 2.6Inter Link Foods 2.53 2.6FW Thorpe 1.03 2.5Dewhurst 0.73 2.4IQE 0.50 2.42 ergo 0.46 2.0Hydro International 0.37 2.0LTG Technologies 1.03 2.0Elektron 0.40 1.8Swallowfield 0.69 1.6James Halstead 1.62 1.4Character 1.14 1.2Civica 1.04 1.0Pittards 0.65 1.0Get 0.49 0.6BETonSports 2.56 0.3Antonov 2.20 n/aBright Things † 1.23 n/aIDMos 0.99 n/aIntercytex 5.61 n/aNMT 0.44 n/aZincox Resources 1.91 n/a6 Ofex 0.64 1.7Exchem ** 0.64 1.77 Unlisted 5195.11 2.0ReNeuron Holdings * 2.40 >999.9Microscience (now Microscience Investments) 9.60 >999.9Solexa 3.97 >999.9ITI Scotland 4.34 >999.9Ocean Power Delivery 2.51 >999.9Sequenom-Gemini ** 1.95 834.6Smart Holograms 0.96 559.9Xenova (now part of Celtic Pharma Development) 14.28 312.8Astex Therapeutics 12.59 312.3Transitive 3.34 275.6Intelligent Energy 6.78 272.4Recognition Systems (now Protagona) ** 2.08 178.3Cambridge Display Technology ** 8.70 126.8Microsulis 3.94 106.1Daiichi Pharmaceuticals ** 5.70 100.0Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Europe ** 3.16 100.0OSI Pharmaceticals ** 15.64 100.0Servier ** 7.81 89.9Toshiba Research Europe ** 6.43 72.0EasyScreen (now Refco Screens) 1.38 62.3Meridio 3.93 61.0Respironics Respiratory ** 1.29 56.1Free Radical Design 1.57 52.7Eisai ** 34.32 50.7Pelikon 0.48 47.5Symbian 54.48 47.5Zytek * 3.28 40.3Jordan Grand Prix (now Midland F1) 12.40 37.8Newchurch 2.07 36.8Pfizer ** 350.48 35.8Lubrizol ** 24.09 34.6Surrey Satellite Technology 8.40 33.3Voca 29.25 32.8Transeda Technology ** 0.49 31.6Argo Interactive 1.19 30.8Organon Laboratories ** 31.49 30.8Evolution Studios 1.65 28.4Generics Group ** 4.41 28.2Trikon (now Aviza Europe) ** 4.71 26.3Adeptra 0.68 26.0Randox Laboratories 7.65 23.7Birchfield Interactive 0.52 23.5Merck Sharp & Dohme ** 90.68 23.5Empower Interactive 1.35 22.9Bayer Agriculture ** 1.69 20.8Cambridge Antibody (now part of AstraZeneca) 39.17 20.2Novartis Pharmaceuticals ** 58.57 20.0Zarlink Semiconductor ** 16.11 20.0Thomas Swan 5.32 19.5Clearswift Systems 4.41 18.2BioFocus † 2.23 18.0Fair Isaac ** † 9.42 17.2Roche ** 101.02 17.2Lifescan Scotland ** 23.49 17.0Witness Systems ** 4.07 16.9Airbus ** 343.00 16.6Cramer Systems 6.38 16.3Janssen-Cilag ** 34.59 16.2Tertio Telecoms (now Evolving Systems) ** 2.13 15.8Syngenta ** 72.00 15.2TTP 3.36 15.0Generics UK ** 14.34 14.7Goodrich Controls ** 52.20 14.6Searchspace 2.30 14.4Boltblue 0.38 14.0Visteon ** 53.00 13.9AppSense 1.17 13.8Imparta 0.44 13.8Systems Union 14.17 12.5Crompton ** 2.50 12.4Fun Technologies (now part of Liberty) 1.66 12.1Messier-Dowty ** 21.68 11.5Flytxt 0.40 11.4Videojet Technologies ** 3.22 11.4Mirago 0.61 11.3Avecia * 45.40 11.1Comino (now part of Civica) 2.84 11.1Consilium 0.75 10.9Novo Nordisk ** 6.97 10.9Agilent Technologies ** 34.64 10.8STMicroelectronics ** 1.61 10.6Linn Products 3.37 10.5Honeywell Analytics ** 1.88 9.7Technolog 0.87 9.6GEAC ** 7.45 9.5Pro-Bel ** 1.55 9.2Cephalon ** 1.05 9.0Avaya ** 10.75 8.9Pole Star Space Applications 0.41 8.8Boehringer Ingelheim ** 15.59 8.7LDV 10.07 8.4Drew Scientific (now part of Escalon Medical, USA) 0.73 8.3Fujitsu Telecom ** 15.14 8.3Nortel Networks ** 55.40 8.2Akzo Nobel Nippon Paint ** 1.91 8.1Ferring Laboratories ** 3.82 8.0LEAR ** 11.64 8.0Merial 88.30 7.7Nokia ** 101.91 7.6CA-MC Acquisition ** 2.48 7.5Cisco Systems ** 21.96 7.4Philips Electronics ** 53.50 7.4Clarityblue 1.64 7.3Raft International (now part of Financial Objects) 0.59 7.3Bristol-Myers Squibb ** 29.11 7.1Coherent ** 1.09 7.1Eli Lilly ** 139.82 7.0Ford ** 689.00 6.9MessageLabs 5.15 6.9Land Rover ** 231.80 6.8TRL Electronics 1.47 6.6Genzyme ** 6.56 6.5Redac * 4.21 6.5Marlborough Stirling (now Vertex Financial Services) 5.97 6.4Aviagen ** 10.87 6.3Dow Trent ** 3.32 6.2First Technology (now part of Honeywell Acquisitions) 10.20 6.2Linx Printing Technologies (now part of Danaher, USA) ** 3.24 6.2ALTANA Pharma ** 1.22 6.1IVAX (now part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Israel) ** 8.65 6.0Amersham (now GE Healthcare) ** † 85.71 5.9Delphi Diesel Systems ** 17.12 5.8Seton House 26.70 5.8MacDermid ** 1.20 5.6Afton Chemical ** 10.27 5.5lastminute.com (now part of Sabre, USA) ** 23.62 5.4Merck ** 2.37 5.2Warner Chilcott(now Chilcott)(now part of Warner Acquisition) 15.72 5.2Acacia Biopharma ** 0.96 5.1Kohler ** 5.68 5.1Sygen International (now part of Genus) 6.80 5.1Alstom ** 28.27 4.9Otsuka Pharmaceutical ** 3.10 4.9Norbrook Laboratories 3.97 4.8Dyson James 19.42 4.6Remec Europe ** † 1.49 4.6Rolfe & Nolan 1.10 4.6American Home Products ** 33.89 4.5Napp Pharmaceutical 5.49 4.5Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings ** 1.51 4.3JCB Compact Products 6.66 4.3Sira 0.44 4.3Motorola ** 78.00 4.1Dana Investments ** 10.57 3.9Martin-Baker (Engineering) 4.43 3.8Bayer CropScience ** 6.98 3.6Sanofi-Synthelabo ** 8.51 3.6SGL † 3.80 3.6Thor Overseas * 0.37 3.6Epichem 0.66 3.5Robinson Brothers 0.81 3.562 The 2006 R&D Scoreboard The 2006 R&D Scoreboard 63