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

Index for ranking the top 800 UK companiesIndex for ranking the top 800 UK companiesRankwithinCompany Rank Industry Industry SectorBrintons 674 14 Household goodsBristol-Myers Squibb ** 84 15 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyBritannia Soft Drinks * 583 5 BeveragesBritish Alcan Aluminium ** 31/12/2004 490 2 Industrial metalsBritish Energy † 31/03/2005 330 3 ElectricityBritish Nuclear Fuels (now British Nuclear Group Sellafield) 31/03/2005 51 1 ElectricityBritish Vita (now part of TPG Spring) 31/12/2004 364 24 ChemicalsBrunner Mond 31/12/2004 745 56 ChemicalsBT 4 1 Fixed line telecommunicationsBTG 218 40 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyBunge ** 299 12 Food producersBusiness Control Solutions 648 97 Software & computer servicesBWI ** 658 17 General industrialsCA-MC Acquisition ** 434 34 Electronic & electrical equipmentCadbury Schweppes 49 2 Food producersCadence Design Systems ** 667 44 Technology hardware & equipmentCalsonic Kansei Europe ** 232 12 Automobiles & partsCambridge Antibody (now part of AstraZeneca) 66 10 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyCambridge Biotechnology (now part of Biovitrum, Sweden) ** 406 67 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyCambridge Display Technology ** 31/12/2004 204 14 Electronic & electrical equipmentCambridge Laboratories * 776 106 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyCardinal Health ** 295 8 Health care equipment & servicesCargill ** 436 18 Food producersCarmelite Capital 429 3 General financialCastledon 718 22 Aerospace & defenceCaterpillar ** 67 1 Industrial engineeringCattles 575 8 General financialCE Electric ** 745 11 Gas, water & multiutilitiesCeloxica 559 40 Technology hardware & equipmentCelsis International 745 33 Health care equipment & servicesCeNeS Pharmaceuticals 295 54 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyCephalon ** 610 87 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyCeres Power 445 35 Electronic & electrical equipmentCertegy ** 465 5 General financialChalkfree † 525 40 Electronic & electrical equipmentChannel Four Television 160 4 MediaCharacter 585 11 MediaCharter 279 15 Industrial engineeringChelford 739 111 Software & computer servicesChemring 351 16 Aerospace & defenceChesapeake ** 610 15 General industrialsChevronTexaco ** 540 6 Oil & gas producersChloride 309 25 Electronic & electrical equipmentChristie 403 12 Support servicesChroma Therapeutics † 313 58 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyCiba Specialty Chemicals ** 200 12 ChemicalsCisco Systems ** 107 12 Technology hardware & equipmentCivica 615 91 Software & computer servicesCivil Aviation Authority 31/03/2005 739 10 Travel & leisureClariant (Holdings) ** 287 20 ChemicalsClarity Commerce Solutions 31/03/2005 512 72 Software & computer servicesClarityblue 504 16 Support servicesClearSpeed Technology 304 31 Technology hardware & equipmentClearswift Systems 31/03/2005 315 36 Software & computer servicesClinical Computing 653 99 Software & computer servicesClinPhone 478 65 Software & computer servicesCML Microsystems 290 28 Technology hardware & equipmentCNH ** 117 5 Industrial engineeringCoats * 31/12/2004 569 5 Personal goodsCobham 63 6 Aerospace & defenceCODASciSys 201 24 Software & computer servicesCOE 648 50 Electronic & electrical equipmentCognis Performance Chemicals (now Cognis) ** 544 38 ChemicalsCoherent ** 603 45 Electronic & electrical equipmentRankwithinCompany Rank Industry Industry SectorComino (now part of Civica) 31/03/2005 409 47 Software & computer servicesCommunisis 590 21 Support servicesComputer Software 28/02/2005 687 104 Software & computer servicesConcurrent Technologies 581 42 Technology hardware & equipmentConsilium 687 104 Software & computer servicesCookson 104 3 General industrialsCooper Industries ** 423 33 Electronic & electrical equipmentCooper Tyre & Rubber ** 405 19 Automobiles & partsCorac 632 36 Industrial engineeringCorin 468 16 Health care equipment & servicesCorpora 546 80 Software & computer servicesCorus 42 1 Industrial metalsCozart 698 29 Health care equipment & servicesCramer Systems 251 29 Software & computer servicesCrane ** 507 28 Industrial engineeringCroda International 199 11 ChemicalsCrompton ** 429 32 ChemicalsCrown ** 119 5 General industrialsCSR 68 7 Technology hardware & equipmentCustomVis 653 28 Health care equipment & servicesCyan 745 48 Technology hardware & equipmentCyprotex 698 98 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyCytomyx 30/09/2004 769 105 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyD1 Oils 729 54 ChemicalsDaiichi Pharmaceuticals ** 263 48 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyDaimlerChrysler ** 31/12/2004 291 6 General retailersDainippon Sumitomo Pharma Europe ** 387 63 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyDairy Crest 454 20 Food producersDana Investments ** 174 9 Automobiles & partsDatong Electronics 662 53 Electronic & electrical equipmentDCS 674 102 Software & computer servicesDe La Rue 146 3 Support servicesDechra Pharmaceuticals 552 82 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyDelcam 247 28 Software & computer servicesDelphi Diesel Systems ** 120 7 Automobiles & partsDennis Eagle ** 753 41 Industrial engineeringDenso Manufacturing ** 419 20 Automobiles & partsDetica 354 42 Software & computer servicesDeutsch ** 715 57 Electronic & electrical equipmentDevro 324 13 Food producersDewhurst 694 55 Electronic & electrical equipmentDiageo 128 1 BeveragesDialight 276 22 Electronic & electrical equipmentDialog Semiconductor 113 14 Technology hardware & equipmentDICOM 186 22 Software & computer servicesDigital Appliance Controls ** 372 28 Electronic & electrical equipmentDomino Printing Sciences 215 17 Electronic & electrical equipmentDomnick Hunter (now part of Parker Hannifin, USA) 31/12/2004 392 10 General industrialsDoncasters 374 21 Industrial engineeringDow Trent ** 376 26 ChemicalsDrew Scientific (now part of Escalon Medical, USA) 31/03/2004 694 97 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyDRS Data & Research Services 496 66 Software & computer servicesDS Smith 592 14 General industrialsDu Pont 710 51 ChemicalsDunlop Aircraft Tyres ** 745 24 Automobiles & partsDynea Aycliffe ** 757 57 ChemicalsDyson 286 19 ChemicalsDyson James 112 2 Household goodsE.ON UK ** 293 2 Electricitye2v Technologies 31/03/2005 281 23 Electronic & electrical equipmentEADS Astrium ** 216 21 Technology hardware & equipmentEasyScreen (now Refco Screens) 31/03/2004 544 79 Software & computer servicesEaton ** 31/12/2004 362 20 Industrial engineeringebookers (now part of Cendant) 680 8 Travel & leisure72 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 73