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

Ranking of the top 1250 global companies by R&D investment within industry sectors–––––––––––––––––– 2005/06 R&D investment –––––––––––––––––– ——–—–– Operating profit ——–—–– ––––––––––––––––– Sales and employees ––––––––––––––––– ————––—–––—— R&D and employees ——–—––——––––—–––––––––– Sales –––––––––– ––––– Sales / employee ––––– ––––––––– Employees ––––––––– ––––– R&D / employee ––––– Sales––––– Growth ––––– operating R&D + ––––– Growth ––––– ––––– Growth ––––– –––––– Growth ––––– ––––– Growth ––––– –––––– Growth ––––– outside –––Market cap –––change change profit sales capex as change change sales change change change change change change change change region changeCompany £m 1 yr % 4 yr % % % % sales £m 1 yr % 4 yr % % £m 1 yr % 4 yr % £000 1 yr % 4 yr % number 1 yr % 4 yr % £000 1 yr % 4 yr % % £m %5 Chemicals continuedAvecia, UK 45.40 -21 -22 n/m 11.1 14.9 -61 n/m >-999 -15.0 407 -16 -39 161.1 3 -1 2527 -19 -38 18.0 -3 21 n/a n/l n/lBasell AF SCA, Luxembourg † 44.89 n/a n/a 27.7 1.3 4.2 162 n/a n/a 4.7 3419 n/a n/a 512.8 n/a n/a 6667 n/a n/a 6.7 n/a n/a 28 n/l n/lZeon, Japan 44.23 6 27 62.3 3.9 10.7 71 118 159 6.2 1142 8 14 410.1 11 16 2784 -2 -1 15.9 8 29 21 1492 24Tokuyama, Japan 43.76 1 10 57.4 3.7 10.7 76 14 56 6.5 1172 8 4 255.8 8 6 4584 0 -2 9.5 1 12 0 2148 69BOC, UK 43.20 4 -8 8.4 1.2 11.7 514 -5 13 13.7 3755 -3 0 103.2 18 25 36380 -18 -20 1.2 26 15 n/a 8253 56Nissan Chemical Industries, Japan 42.61 -1 19 49.0 5.3 8.4 87 24 85 10.9 797 4 11 351.0 5 4 2269 -1 3 18.8 1 12 n/a 1352 3Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK, Japan 41.66 0 1 35.7 3.0 7.7 117 56 121 8.4 1382 12 11 291.1 n/a n/a 4747 n/a n/a 8.8 n/a n/a 0 1167 9JohnsonDiversey, USA 41.36 -6 13 61.2 2.1 4.4 68 -24 -7 3.5 1928 4 41 160.7 4 n/a 12000 0 n/a 3.4 -6 n/a n/a n/l n/lCytec Industries, USA 39.90 71 94 55.5 2.3 5.9 72 -32 -12 4.2 1704 70 97 233.4 5 20 7300 62 65 5.5 6 18 54 1477 n/aEcolab, USA 39.83 11 38 12.6 1.5 7.4 316 2 25 12.0 2641 8 32 117.9 3 22 22400 5 9 1.8 6 27 n/a 6371 27Newmarket, USA 38.09 0 14 91.0 6.1 7.7 42 14 658 6.7 626 20 42 556.4 21 40 1126 -1 2 33.8 1 12 54 533 234Hexion Specialty Chemicals, USA 36.11 214 212 33.5 1.4 3.7 108 500 483 4.1 2604 165 211 372.0 -9 13 7000 192 175 5.2 8 14 n/a n/l n/lNippon Paint, Japan 34.68 -5 n/a 69.9 3.5 6.6 50 -14 9 5.0 1001 2 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 705 21WR Grace, USA 34.48 16 19 36.2 2.3 5.5 95 n/a n/a 6.4 1497 14 32 233.9 15 32 6400 -2 0 5.4 18 19 n/a 352 -1Cabot, USA 34.37 11 11 n/m 2.8 11.5 -33 -128 -135 -2.6 1238 10 22 281.3 7 21 4400 2 1 7.8 9 10 71 1151 -6Tokai Rubber Industries, Japan 33.17 1 7 35.9 3.1 10.9 92 -6 43 8.5 1087 11 23 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 893 n/aKureha Chemical Industry(now Kureha), Japan 31.87 1 5 73.9 5.0 14.2 43 24 103 6.7 644 -3 -7 169.7 -2 1 3793 -2 -8 8.4 3 14 n/a 490 3Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Japan 30.48 4 3 77.6 6.4 11.8 39 28 71 8.2 476 3 3 250.0 -4 -2 1905 7 5 16.0 -3 -1 n/a 322 -29Chemtura, USA 30.19 5 -22 111.2 1.7 5.0 27 209 n/a 1.5 1819 22 25 275.6 -11 13 6600 38 8 4.6 -24 -27 47 1115 -55Kemira, Finland 29.61 -5 -3 37.1 2.2 7.9 80 -10 8 5.8 1370 -21 -23 177.6 -1 2 7717 -21 -24 3.8 19 28 n/a 1099 11NOVA Chemicals, Canada 29.12 4 16 >999.9 0.9 8.4 2 -99 -95 0.1 3271 7 45 908.7 21 73 3600 -12 -17 8.1 19 39 21 1456 -15Sigma-Aldrich, USA 29.01 17 22 13.8 3.0 8.5 211 13 34 21.7 971 18 31 141.7 6 17 6849 12 12 4.2 5 9 n/a 2773 n/aTokyo Ohka Kogyo, Japan 28.62 -14 0 70.4 6.5 10.1 41 -5 60 9.3 439 7 14 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 15 677 9Borealis, Denmark 28.17 0 -2 12.9 0.9 5.4 219 -3 137 6.6 3308 4 24 728.1 13 39 4543 -8 -11 6.2 9 10 7 n/l n/lLonza, Switzerland 27.84 -11 -28 21.1 2.5 12.6 132 42 0 11.9 1114 16 14 191.2 8 16 5826 7 -2 4.8 -17 -26 50 1963 17NOF, Japan 27.64 -3 -1 61.6 4.2 10.7 45 24 159 6.8 660 -3 -3 192.0 -54 n/a 3437 111 n/a 8.0 -54 n/a n/a 698 53Kansai Paint, Japan 27.31 -7 -9 31.8 2.8 5.3 86 20 79 8.8 971 6 8 152.0 -2 n/a 6388 9 n/a 4.3 -14 n/a 2 1218 15Nippon Soda, Japan 26.34 6 n/a 136.7 3.7 6.7 19 49 n/a 2.7 712 7 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 10 398 56Ashland, USA 26.21 5 16 2.4 0.5 4.3 1097 193 268 19.1 5743 12 25 274.8 14 38 20900 -1 -10 1.3 6 28 n/a 2753 2Toagosei, Japan 24.83 -4 -8 47.8 3.5 8.7 52 62 408 7.3 712 9 6 274.2 15 18 2597 -5 -10 9.6 1 2 3 583 -27Ferro, USA 24.70 16 32 60.5 2.3 4.4 41 22 -28 3.8 1074 12 20 153.4 9 30 7003 2 -9 3.5 13 43 n/a 405 n/aAlbemarle, USA 24.28 33 89 21.5 2.0 5.3 113 118 100 9.2 1228 39 86 331.8 39 61 3700 0 17 6.6 33 64 61 1453 n/aSolutia, USA 23.88 3 -10 38.7 1.5 4.3 62 n/a n/a 3.8 1646 5 11 304.7 11 49 5400 -5 -29 4.4 8 22 n/a 26 n/aHercules, USA 23.82 -5 -14 74.0 2.0 5.2 32 -47 26 2.7 1205 4 1 259.1 10 30 4650 -6 -25 5.1 1 12 47 927 7Sud-Chemie, Germany 23.64 11 16 47.9 3.5 8.9 49 46 101 7.4 670 13 23 130.8 12 9 5126 1 12 4.6 10 2 49 407 13Sumco, Japan 22.46 7 n/a 5.6 2.1 208.5 400 207 n/a 36.7 1088 14 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 4184 n/aEMS-Chemie, Switzerland 20.38 4 -14 20.8 3.6 7.4 98 14 32 17.2 569 2 4 277.1 22 38 2055 -16 -25 9.9 25 16 n/a 1754 n/aSanyo Chemical Industries, Japan 20.12 5 0 64.5 4.4 14.3 31 21 2 6.8 461 10 14 329.4 10 13 1400 0 0 14.4 5 1 5 489 n/a6 Construction & building materials 1177.94 -1.9 -2.6 18.8 0.9 5.7 6254 -9.3 14.4 5.0 124661 7.5 9.3 158.8 16.6 16.7 785128 2.9 -2.0 1.5 0.6 -1.1 n/a 80781 14.1Saint-Gobain, France 209.56 0 -2 12.3 0.9 5.9 1706 11 12 7.1 24124 10 15 129.5 3 6 186266 7 9 1.1 -6 -10 30 13730 16Asahi Glass, Japan 156.47 -2 -1 46.8 2.1 15.0 335 -45 11 4.4 7534 3 7 132.5 3 1 56857 0 6 2.8 -2 -7 33 8874 34Bouygues, France 94.13 1 -25 8.0 0.6 5.5 1173 14 33 7.0 16791 15 15 141.0 12 20 119094 2 -5 0.8 -2 -21 15 9060 7Hilti, Liechtenstein 86.05 6 32 60.3 5.4 9.5 143 16 39 8.9 1608 10 17 100.2 4 7 16050 6 9 5.4 0 21 34 n/l n/lJS, Japan 68.74 -4 27 26.9 1.4 6.9 256 -6 53 5.3 4867 2 14 164.0 0 -6 29682 2 14 2.3 -6 -1 n/a 4134 29American Standard Companies, USA 66.40 -19 -21 13.7 1.1 4.0 486 78 37 8.1 5979 8 23 97.7 8 22 61200 0 1 1.1 -18 -22 44 4645 -16Toto, Japan 58.17 4 -1 43.4 2.4 6.2 134 2 122 5.6 2390 3 10 129.0 -4 2 18519 8 8 3.1 -4 -8 n/a 2128 27Kajima, Japan 49.48 -10 -14 34.6 0.6 1.3 143 897 n/a 1.7 8327 4 -10 880.3 9 4 9460 -5 -13 5.2 -5 -1 9 2732 11Taisei, Japan 44.39 -5 -8 20.4 0.5 1.3 217 n/a >999 2.6 8429 7 2 504.0 n/a n/a 16723 n/a n/a 2.7 n/a n/a 1 2104 -8Nippon Sheet Glass, Japan 39.21 3 2 66.4 3.0 7.5 59 9 27 4.5 1308 -2 -7 108.9 -7 -5 12006 5 -3 3.3 -2 5 1 1210 11Fortune Brands, USA 38.39 -4 11 5.7 0.8 3.6 670 -2 31 14.3 4674 10 31 154.3 15 29 30298 -5 -1 1.3 1 9 n/a 6212 -20Lafarge, France 37.79 2 1 2.5 0.3 8.9 1538 21 33 14.0 10972 11 13 136.9 6 10 80146 4 2 0.5 -2 -2 51 11874 26Shimizu, Japan 35.90 -6 -6 18.7 0.5 1.1 192 19 17 2.6 7325 -4 -7 600.9 n/a n/a 12190 n/a n/a 2.9 n/a n/a n/a 2492 2Owens Corning, USA 33.78 23 37 n/m 0.9 5.5 -2182 -931 n/m -59.2 3683 11 25 184.2 0 14 20000 11 10 1.7 11 25 n/a 35 -75HeidelbergCement, Germany 29.55 -2 -3 4.3 0.6 7.3 691 828 116 12.9 5361 13 18 129.9 15 8 41260 -2 9 0.7 0 -12 n/a 7767 73Central Glass, Japan 29.23 9 16 30.2 3.0 10.0 97 -8 15 10.1 958 7 7 217.7 n/a n/a 4403 n/a n/a 6.6 n/a n/a 15 698 -12Taiheiyo Cement, Japan 29.03 -2 -17 15.7 0.7 4.5 185 4 >999 4.3 4307 -1 -8 246.5 3 n/a 17469 -3 n/a 1.7 1 n/a 9 2123 19Novar, UK(now part of Honeywell Acquisitions) 26.20 -12 -5 62.1 1.8 4.5 42 n/a -25 2.9 1479 3 -3 110.3 4 7 13405 0 -9 2.0 -12 4 67 n/l n/lLennox International, USA 23.47 7 7 16.2 1.2 3.1 145 n/a n/a 7.4 1961 13 10 122.6 6 23 16000 7 -11 1.5 0 18 n/a 963 n/aPilkington, UK(now part of NSG UK Enterprises) 22.00 -24 -27 9.8 0.9 6.3 224 -7 6 8.7 2582 6 6 107.1 5 11 24100 1 -4 0.9 -25 -23 39 n/l n/l90 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 91