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 %18 Health care equipment & services 4508.21 12.5 27.9 41.1 6.4 11.6 10963 15.9 30.6 15.7 69955 9.3 22.2 125.7 4.6 14.5 554692 4.5 7.9 8.1 8.5 20.6 n/a 189823 0Medtronic, USA 648.24 17 39 36.2 9.9 13.5 1790 23 34 27.2 6577 12 36 182.7 3 12 36000 9 22 18.0 7 15 n/a 29811 -23Boston Scientific, USA 396.09 20 66 69.3 10.8 16.3 571 -37 33 15.6 3660 12 71 184.8 -1 34 19800 13 30 20.0 6 29 n/a 13873 3Guidant, USA(now part of Boston Scientific) 348.32 16 29 135.2 16.8 25.6 258 -46 -36 12.5 2068 -6 6 159.1 -13 -4 13000 8 10 26.8 7 17 35 n/l n/lBaxter International, USA 310.46 3 7 34.2 5.4 9.9 909 192 59 15.8 5737 4 15 122.1 6 24 47000 -2 -8 6.6 5 16 52 15972 9St Jude Medical, USA 215.07 31 66 60.3 12.7 18.1 356 15 54 21.0 1698 27 63 169.8 0 10 10000 27 49 21.5 3 13 41 7085 -26Stryker, USA 162.98 33 66 28.0 5.7 11.3 581 38 66 20.5 2838 14 44 164.4 5 21 17265 9 20 9.4 22 39 n/a 10955 -11Becton Dickinson, USA 158.22 15 10 26.1 5.0 10.9 606 58 56 19.2 3154 10 26 123.3 7 23 25571 2 2 6.2 13 8 52 9471 20Carl Zeiss, Germany 158.03 10 26 109.5 10.4 14.7 144 73 97 9.5 1527 4 5 123.5 14 18 12360 -9 -11 12.8 21 42 37 n/l n/lBeckman Coulter, USA 121.68 4 9 109.2 8.5 18.5 111 -43 -32 7.8 1423 1 13 196.6 2 42 7239 -1 -22 16.8 5 37 n/a 1869 -4Fresenius, Germany 102.38 12 16 15.4 1.9 6.3 666 15 26 12.3 5421 9 8 75.7 3 -5 71611 6 13 1.4 6 2 62 10824 366Zimmer, USA 102.23 5 49 16.6 5.3 13.1 615 38 90 32.1 1914 10 58 285.7 9 31 6700 2 20 15.3 4 23 n/a 9299 -20Bausch & Lomb, USA 94.65 8 25 58.1 7.3 12.6 163 19 58 12.5 1300 11 22 104.9 3 16 12400 7 5 7.6 1 18 n/a 1465 -42BioMerieux, France 89.80 3 11 96.2 13.2 21.1 93 6 22 13.7 683 7 11 124.2 5 10 5498 1 1 16.3 2 10 43 1295 17Thermo Electron, USA 88.99 13 1 57.5 5.8 7.5 155 8 32 10.1 1534 19 23 133.4 3 16 11500 16 6 7.7 -2 -5 n/a 3461 26Essilor International, France 77.98 6 20 28.7 4.7 11.2 272 10 27 16.3 1666 7 14 66.9 4 2 24909 4 12 3.1 2 7 n/a 5497 31Dragerwerk, Germany 74.45 4 24 82.6 6.6 9.5 90 32 93 8.0 1121 7 18 115.7 8 20 9687 -1 -2 7.7 5 26 37 221 4Terumo, Japan 67.80 -7 21 31.5 6.0 10.8 215 24 41 18.9 1135 7 18 117.9 1 2 9624 6 16 7.0 -12 6 n/a 4391 22Bio-Rad Laboratories, USA 67.05 6 27 114.5 9.7 12.8 59 -16 -18 8.5 688 8 24 132.3 8 13 5200 0 10 12.9 6 16 64 1053 22Smith & Nephew, UK 67.00 1 8 25.6 4.8 12.5 262 49 47 18.6 1407 13 22 163.3 3 9 8618 10 12 7.8 -8 -4 69 4209 -15Synthes, Switzerland 66.89 5 62 17.4 5.5 14.4 384 29 90 31.8 1210 17 55 168.8 -10 -11 7169 30 73 9.3 -20 -5 n/a 7833 -6B Braun Melsungen, Germany 66.87 3 3 39.0 3.2 9.8 171 23 40 8.2 2079 8 18 67.1 4 10 30973 4 7 2.2 0 -4 40 n/l n/lCR Bard, USA 66.75 3 46 25.8 6.5 12.0 259 21 73 25.1 1032 7 28 115.9 3 16 8900 3 10 7.5 -1 34 31 4289 7Edwards Lifesciences, USA 57.67 14 41 89.8 9.9 14.8 64 150 97 11.0 581 7 25 107.6 3 16 5400 4 8 10.7 10 32 n/a 1535 0Gambro, Sweden (now part of Investor) 54.24 21 34 24.9 2.9 9.2 218 n/a 308 11.7 1860 -5 -5 97.1 7 3 19143 -11 -8 2.8 35 46 n/a n/l n/lVarian Medical Systems, USA 47.80 14 47 26.9 5.9 9.1 178 19 77 22.1 805 12 41 223.7 2 14 3600 10 25 13.3 4 19 49 3790 26Biomet, USA 46.42 23 49 14.5 4.2 9.4 321 11 36 29.3 1095 16 44 182.5 3 14 6000 13 20 7.7 9 17 34 4813 -13Affymetrix, USA 45.38 5 13 136.9 21.2 32.1 33 -5 433 15.5 214 6 27 194.5 -12 2 1101 21 24 41.2 -13 -8 48 787 -54Waters, USA 38.97 3 19 23.9 5.8 5.8 163 -1 34 24.2 675 5 22 149.9 -2 3 4500 7 18 8.7 -4 1 65 2451 -18Millipore, USA 38.47 6 21 46.9 6.7 15.4 82 2 24 14.2 577 12 30 120.3 5 17 4800 7 11 8.0 -1 9 64 1998 9Advanced Medical Optics, USA 35.91 35 74 n/m 6.7 9.2 -238 >-999 -914 -44.4 536 24 52 155.9 3 0 3440 20 46 10.4 13 13 n/a 1964 29William Demant, Denmark 35.24 18 34 35.0 8.1 15.6 101 9 30 23.2 434 10 21 91.8 4 9 4730 5 12 7.5 12 20 52 2842 51Sorin, Italy 34.12 -8 -6 305.5 6.6 9.2 11 n/a n/a 2.2 517 5 -11 109.2 6 -1 4737 -1 -11 7.2 -7 5 39 488 -18Varian, USA 31.42 11 27 77.2 6.3 9.0 41 -23 -13 8.2 497 -7 4 142.0 17 27 3500 -20 -18 9.0 39 55 64 799 17Diagnostic Products, USA(now part of Siemens, Germany) 30.35 15 35 54.7 10.8 17.5 56 9 28 19.8 280 9 34 109.7 2 15 2554 6 17 11.9 8 16 n/a n/l n/lGetinge, Sweden 30.18 4 47 22.9 3.5 5.7 132 20 51 15.2 870 9 29 120.9 2 6 7191 7 22 4.2 -3 22 n/a 1998 31Hillenbrand Industries, USA 29.42 -10 -2 n/m 2.6 8.9 -71 -153 -166 -6.3 1129 6 -4 115.2 12 0 9800 -6 -4 3.0 -4 2 n/a 1770 -3Phonak, Switzerland 27.86 29 45 29.8 7.3 9.9 93 66 242 24.4 383 28 42 121.0 10 12 3166 16 27 8.8 11 15 52 2416 60Dentsply International, USA 27.38 5 19 64.3 2.7 5.4 43 -78 -73 4.3 999 1 16 124.9 -3 11 8000 4 5 3.4 1 14 n/a 2840 14Respironics, USA 26.58 55 92 33.6 5.0 11.8 79 29 74 14.9 531 20 58 136.1 -7 7 3900 29 50 6.8 20 31 n/a 1618 n/aFisher Scientific International, USA 25.75 20 191 6.7 0.8 3.1 383 117 199 11.8 3256 20 56 167.0 8 -10 19500 11 68 1.3 8 101 n/a 5503 n/aCooper Companies, USA 24.98 560 756 31.4 5.3 19.8 80 17 46 16.9 470 65 122 66.8 -4 10 7034 72 105 3.6 285 317 n/a 1117 n/aMDS, Canada 24.93 -12 -8 65.8 2.7 10.0 38 -41 -53 4.1 916 4 5 157.9 65 84 5800 -37 -43 4.3 39 62 46 1564 n/aBiosite, USA 24.59 18 87 51.0 14.7 33.4 48 29 155 28.8 168 17 95 167.1 6 31 1003 11 55 24.5 7 19 n/a 423 n/aIDEXX Laboratories, USA 23.85 16 31 35.6 6.4 10.2 67 6 51 18.0 372 16 40 112.6 5 4 3300 10 34 7.2 5 -3 32 1609 n/aNihon Kohden, Japan 23.65 2 11 64.1 5.7 8.1 37 27 221 8.9 414 1 13 152.0 -2 4 2721 2 5 8.7 0 3 n/a 460 4ev3, USA 22.88 1 n/a n/m 29.4 39.3 -61 n/m n/a -77.8 78 55 n/a 88.5 n/a n/a 880 n/a n/a 26.0 n/a n/a n/a 511 n/aBruker Biosciences, USA 22.87 -9 30 446.3 13.2 14.3 5 n/a n/a 3.0 173 5 58 68.0 -48 -39 2549 101 171 9.0 -55 -52 n/a 334 57Aloka, Japan 22.66 -14 -10 15.8 9.9 10.9 143 >999 968 62.7 228 2 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 205 n/aInamed, USA (now part of Allergan) 22.60 35 107 n/m 8.9 12.2 -2 -104 -105 -0.6 255 14 42 196.2 5 21 1300 8 18 17.4 24 79 39 n/l n/lDatascope, USA 21.09 12 11 193.4 10.3 12.2 11 -42 -43 5.3 205 3 8 163.0 n/a n/a 1260 n/a n/a 16.7 n/a n/a 38 270 n/aNDChealth, USA(now part of Per-Se Technologies) 19.79 -3 24 97.5 7.2 13.7 20 -31 -40 7.4 276 9 5 184.1 25 21 1500 -13 -14 13.2 11 46 n/a n/l n/lColoplast, Denmark 19.71 5 n/a 21.3 3.3 9.4 93 2 16 15.4 601 8 22 97.6 6 5 6159 1 16 3.2 4 n/a n/a 1973 25Steris, USA 19.57 -5 21 30.1 2.8 7.2 65 -23 -9 9.4 688 6 17 135.0 9 14 5100 -3 2 3.8 -3 19 22 873 n/a19 Household goods 2512.27 7.5 9.4 20.5 2.3 5.6 12246 11.6 71.1 11.0 110928 9.2 16.7 186.9 9.4 25.5 593634 -0.8 -3.1 4.2 7.7 12.2 n/a 186170 n/aProcter & Gamble, USA 1130.01 8 14 17.2 3.4 7.3 6566 13 49 19.9 33050 10 30 300.5 10 23 110000 0 6 10.3 8 7 n/a 113630 46Henkel, Germany 222.62 19 15 26.5 2.7 6.0 841 -38 42 10.2 8227 13 12 159.1 9 12 51724 4 1 4.3 15 14 n/a 9068 22Whirlpool, USA 197.46 8 18 46.6 2.4 5.8 424 -2 78 5.1 8339 8 22 126.4 12 23 66000 -3 0 3.0 11 18 n/a 3606 10Electrolux, Sweden 160.07 7 19 52.4 1.7 5.4 306 -11 -19 3.2 9476 7 1 136.3 12 15 69523 -4 -13 2.3 11 36 54 2614 -38Sekisui Chemical, Japan 113.38 -3 -3 59.8 2.7 5.5 189 47 n/a 4.5 4229 5 2 248.7 5 n/a 17002 0 n/a 6.7 -3 n/a n/a 2851 48100 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 101