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 %8 Electronic & electrical equipment continuedCompal Electronics, Taiwan 52.25 12 95 31.0 1.3 2.7 168 -20 29 4.1 4076 30 105 203.2 n/a n/a 20060 n/a n/a 2.6 n/a n/a n/a 1962 -12Endress & Hauser, Switzerland 51.00 6 n/a 75.2 8.4 15.0 68 48 150 11.1 608 13 19 90.5 6 7 6719 7 10 7.6 -1 n/a 38 n/l n/lPerkinElmer, USA 50.89 0 3 53.9 5.1 6.6 94 -8 126 9.6 989 1 12 123.6 26 45 8000 -20 -23 6.4 25 34 66 1354 -12Barco, Belgium 50.38 6 -17 164.3 10.3 11.9 31 -18 31 6.3 489 6 3 113.2 8 4 4321 -2 -1 11.7 8 -17 52 574 9Minebea, Japan 49.41 4 n/a 78.4 3.4 11.2 63 -24 -31 4.3 1453 10 6 30.0 -1 -4 48473 11 10 1.0 -6 n/a n/a 1215 23Trimble Navigation, USA 49.09 9 25 67.3 10.9 13.9 73 58 223 16.2 451 16 44 183.3 2 24 2462 14 16 19.9 -5 8 n/a 1544 36EPCOS, Germany 48.30 -1 -14 n/m 5.7 17.7 -62 -250 -270 -7.3 850 -9 -15 52.9 -12 -28 16085 3 17 3.0 -4 -28 n/a 474 -26Leica Geosystems, Switzerland 47.63 -1 12 150.0 13.9 17.0 32 143 289 9.3 342 12 8 142.5 15 15 2398 -3 -6 19.9 2 20 49 757 35Spectris, UK 44.90 3 31 68.9 6.8 8.7 65 26 41 9.9 656 7 18 110.3 6 9 5945 1 8 7.6 3 21 57 729 3Hamamatsu Photonics, Japan 43.66 1 8 74.2 12.0 22.0 59 44 106 16.1 365 5 16 111.4 0 6 3274 5 10 13.3 -4 -2 42 1392 64Cooper Industries, USA 41.65 1 17 12.8 1.5 3.6 326 13 50 11.8 2755 6 13 95.3 -1 10 28903 8 2 1.4 -6 14 n/a 4660 34Energizer, USA 40.72 -6 34 15.6 2.3 5.8 261 15 73 15.0 1741 6 41 117.3 -7 11 14848 15 19 2.7 -18 9 n/a 2138 -17Yamatake, Japan 40.32 1 -5 139.0 4.5 5.6 29 -10 66 3.3 892 6 6 127.9 2 5 6977 4 1 5.8 -3 -6 n/a 1025 34Axalto (now Gemalto), The Netherlands 40.21 5 11 85.0 7.0 10.3 47 -10 470 8.2 578 3 9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 45 789 -7Gemplus International, Luxembourg(now part of Gemalto, The Netherlands) 38.38 -23 -39 91.4 6.0 8.6 42 200 n/a 6.5 645 9 10 101.6 -6 -1 6347 16 11 6.0 -33 -44 48 581 -39Yaskawa Electric, Japan 38.19 2 5 100.7 2.5 4.7 38 -7 n/a 2.5 1528 18 30 200.5 18 n/a 7620 0 n/a 5.0 2 n/a 24 1546 61TCL Multimedia Technology, Cayman Islands 38.04 92 405 67.7 1.5 3.9 56 64 43 2.2 2596 35 118 91.7 57 71 28296 -14 15 1.3 123 290 n/a 190 n/aTechtronic Industries, Hong Kong 36.98 45 146 32.7 2.2 4.6 113 28 107 6.7 1680 37 98 76.2 34 36 22053 2 48 1.7 42 78 n/a 999 -50Analogic, USA 36.75 8 24 165.7 17.3 20.3 22 454 57 10.4 212 3 -3 123.1 1 1 1725 1 -4 21.3 6 28 45 377 -4Nexans, France 35.73 11 8 32.7 0.9 3.2 109 50 249 2.8 3844 14 24 196.3 3 11 19584 11 12 1.8 0 -3 32 1077 88Powerwave Technologies, USA 35.55 29 59 114.0 7.4 11.0 31 n/a n/a 6.5 481 74 136 100.2 -39 -52 4795 186 340 7.4 -55 -71 64 434 -32High Tech Computer, Taiwan 35.37 0 n/a 52.4 2.8 3.9 67 0 n/a 5.3 1280 102 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5455 n/aVeeco Instruments, USA 35.17 4 9 545.6 14.7 17.6 6 n/a n/a 2.7 239 5 16 196.0 9 19 1219 -3 -2 28.9 7 11 n/a 400 20SPX, USA 34.25 1 -38 16.1 1.2 2.7 213 284 -8 7.6 2788 9 3 152.4 42 31 18300 -23 -22 1.9 32 -21 n/a 1916 0MiTAC International, Taiwan 34.07 44 78 39.1 2.3 6.4 87 89 142 5.9 1487 41 -17 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 653 n/aIngenico, France 33.42 50 42 n/m 11.1 12.4 -27 -423 -937 -8.9 300 2 9 266.2 17 55 1128 -12 -31 29.6 71 103 41 357 66Orbotech, Israel 33.04 18 26 129.4 14.9 16.9 26 42 >999 11.5 221 21 43 143.0 18 38 1547 2 4 21.4 16 21 22 416 -10Ulvac, Japan 31.50 32 23 49.3 3.2 11.6 64 63 115 6.6 971 25 41 240.0 14 n/a 4048 9 n/a 7.8 21 n/a 3 722 21Roper Industries, USA 31.16 38 68 20.0 3.7 5.4 156 57 126 18.4 847 50 104 141.1 40 29 6000 7 56 5.2 29 4 n/a 2344 n/aLeoni, Germany 30.64 1 18 43.4 2.9 6.7 71 65 54 6.6 1064 24 36 33.2 2 -15 32045 21 57 1.0 -17 -22 n/a 579 14Ibiden, Japan 29.51 21 13 32.4 2.4 10.5 91 7 69 7.5 1222 12 17 154.8 n/a n/a 7891 n/a n/a 3.7 n/a n/a 23 4395 n/aRenishaw, UK 29.30 71 93 82.6 16.7 24.2 35 21 86 20.2 176 14 41 87.7 3 18 2004 11 21 14.6 54 60 60 530 -12Woodward Governor, USA 29.12 25 34 60.4 6.0 9.3 48 55 37 10.0 482 17 25 137.8 13 21 3500 3 3 8.3 21 29 46 598 n/aQuanta Display, Taiwan 28.73 n/a n/a n/m 2.6 2.6 -137 n/a n/a -12.5 1094 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1218 n/aArtesyn Technologies, USA(now part of Emerson Electric) 28.48 19 29 370.7 11.5 14.5 8 -42 n/a 3.1 247 -1 4 190.3 14 44 1300 -13 -32 21.9 37 78 n/a n/l n/lVishay Intertechnology, USA 28.33 -5 19 55.4 2.1 8.1 51 1 222 3.8 1338 -5 14 51.3 -6 7 26100 2 7 1.1 -6 12 n/a 1435 5Horiba, Japan 27.82 10 22 74.7 6.1 9.3 37 41 77 8.2 456 9 17 114.6 4 7 3984 5 9 7.0 5 12 58 746 33Itron, USA 27.10 5 21 100.8 8.4 14.2 27 >999 168 8.4 322 38 80 161.0 45 37 2000 -5 31 13.6 10 -10 n/a 724 -1NKT, Denmark 26.88 -4 21 70.1 3.3 6.1 38 516 n/a 4.8 806 13 35 136.5 15 26 5906 -1 7 4.6 -3 14 25 911 58GS Yuasa, Japan 24.70 n/a n/a n/m 2.1 6.1 -13 n/a n/a -1.1 1183 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 521 n/aKeyence, Japan 23.68 13 23 6.5 3.4 4.5 363 22 64 52.8 688 19 43 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6405 -1Plug Power, USA 23.18 5 -9 n/m 295.0 302.5 -31 n/m n/m -398.7 8 -16 17 25.4 -11 29 309 -6 -11 75.0 12 2 n/a 206 n/aMosel Vitelic, Taiwan 22.30 383 -64 204.7 5.3 5.3 11 -81 n/a 2.6 422 -8 15 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 261 n/aAmphenol, USA 21.85 16 42 11.2 2.1 5.2 195 23 61 18.5 1053 18 47 46.4 -16 -18 22700 41 77 1.0 -18 -20 56 2969 n/aZumtobel, Austria 21.65 -2 n/a 38.9 2.7 6.0 56 23 n/a 6.8 814 5 n/a 114.4 3 n/a 7113 2 n/a 3.0 -3 n/a 20 523 n/aHirose Electric, Japan 21.60 23 27 14.4 4.9 10.9 150 18 44 34.0 442 13 23 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 11 2915 n/aNovatek Microelectronics, Taiwan 21.27 n/a n/a 22.1 4.6 4.6 96 n/a n/a 20.9 460 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1480 n/aOptimax Technology, Taiwan 21.20 18 n/a n/m 67.4 67.4 -37 -167 n/a -116.8 31 -75 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 269 n/aPhoton Dynamics, USA 21.13 22 64 n/m 28.8 32.7 -12 -430 n/m -16.9 73 -12 41 174.5 -13 17 420 1 23 50.3 20 34 100 114 n/aAO Smith, USA 20.97 0 12 44.1 2.1 5.1 48 34 29 4.8 984 2 16 55.7 -4 7 17650 6 9 1.2 -6 3 17 959 n/aNewport, USA 20.94 38 45 115.6 8.7 11.5 18 n/a n/a 7.5 240 44 83 128.5 54 40 1870 -7 32 11.2 47 5 n/a 423 n/aMabuchi Motor, Japan 20.71 4 14 56.7 4.5 10.2 37 -58 -67 7.9 464 -5 -12 10.0 1 -6 46412 -7 -6 0.4 12 21 23 1765 n/aUshio, Japan 20.60 24 20 20.0 3.5 10.6 103 38 121 17.5 588 20 32 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 24 1782 n/aAmetek, USA 20.27 36 46 14.7 2.4 4.0 138 22 56 16.5 836 16 31 85.3 -1 7 9800 18 23 2.1 16 19 46 1749 n/aAustriamicrosystems, Austria 19.38 0 3 125.7 15.8 26.2 15 86 n/a 12.6 123 11 25 143.2 6 24 856 5 0 22.6 -4 2 31 356 n/aUniversal Scientific Industrial, Taiwan 19.31 10 57 97.6 2.1 5.5 20 -22 94 2.1 927 -2 31 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 146 n/aGigabyte Technology, Taiwan 19.27 22 43 66.6 2.3 4.2 29 3 -39 3.5 822 17 32 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 259 n/a9 Equity investment instruments n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aNo companies with sufficient R&D for inclusion n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a94 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 95