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

Ranking of the top 800 UK 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 %4 Beverages continuedTATA TEA ** 1.30 17 28 3.6 0.7 3.2 36 0 27 18.7 193 -4 -20 214.0 -5 -4 902 1 -17 1.4 16 51 n/a n/l n/lBritannia Soft Drinks * 1.15 -17 -4 1.7 0.2 6.9 66 -12 4 9.5 698 -2 10 229.5 -5 2 3042 4 8 0.4 -19 -11 0 n/l n/lInbev ** 1.05 99 20 n/m 0.1 2.3 -22 n/m n/m -1.6 1385 0 0 538.3 10 21 2573 -9 -18 0.4 119 49 0 n/l n/lAllied Domecq(now part of Pernod Ricard, France) 1.00 0 0 0.2 -999 -15.0 407 -16 -39 161.1 3 -1 2527 -19 -38 18.0 -3 21 n/a n/l n/lBOC 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 56Lubrizol ** 24.09 -1 10 288.3 34.6 42.0 8 145 306 12.0 70 30 -8 150.4 17 -18 463 11 11 52.0 -11 -1 n/a n/l n/lTioxide ** 23.90 -1 52 43.8 0.8 3.5 55 119 -16 1.9 2880 25 42 509.0 33 54 5659 -6 -9 4.2 5 66 n/a n/l n/lYule Catto 10.52 0 -7 22.8 1.9 4.2 46 62 4 8.3 556 1 9 189.1 14 27 2940 -11 -15 3.6 12 10 n/a 320 -9Afton Chemical ** 10.27 28 10 182.6 5.5 5.6 6 196 92 3.0 186 12 21 2068.0 7 30 90 5 -14 114.1 22 24 n/a n/l n/lLucite International 9.00 0 -3 14.1 1.2 9.4 64 -4 40 8.2 780 10 22 371.6 10 17 2099 0 4 4.3 0 -7 n/a n/l n/lCroda International 8.90 22 35 17.5 2.9 6.0 51 8 21 16.6 306 4 0 190.4 3 11 1605 1 -10 5.5 20 49 n/a 591 12Ciba Specialty Chemicals ** 8.86 18 -9 n/m 2.0 5.8 -41 n/m n/m -9.3 445 -4 -9 194.8 3 2 2285 -7 -11 3.9 27 3 27 n/l n/lSun Chemical ** 8.74 19 20 n/m 2.8 4.5 -2 n/m n/m -0.5 316 -3 -6 182.9 2 12 1730 -5 -16 5.1 25 43 n/a n/l n/lBayer CropScience ** 6.98 -42 -40 52.7 3.6 6.1 13 -17 -17 6.9 193 4 14 342.2 18 60 565 -12 -32 12.4 -34 -16 n/a n/l n/lIneos 6.73 0 23 3.6 0.3 2.6 185 22 116 7.9 2333 34 105 956.7 35 74 2439 -1 20 2.8 1 18 35 n/l n/lOctel International(now Innospec International) ** 6.41 12 73 n/m 2.1 3.6 -41 -726 -337 -13.3 311 -8 11 352.3 -12 7 883 4 4 7.3 8 66 n/a n/l n/lElementis 6.20 9 n/a n/m 1.6 5.8 -17 -372 n/m -4.2 399 3 -3 163.7 2 -6 2440 1 3 2.5 8 n/a 58 378 n/aThomas Swan 5.32 42 106 n/m 19.5 24.8 -5 n/m n/m -17.0 27 -3 7 97.2 -8 -7 280 5 15 19.0 35 83 n/a n/l n/lDyson 5.16 30 72 n/m 8.7 22.4 -2 -474 -261 -3.0 59 0 -5 89.9 37 41 660 -27 -34 7.8 78 146 28 67 -48Clariant (Holdings) ** 5.15 -7 29 n/m 2.3 5.0 -28 n/m n/m -12.2 226 -12 -8 178.4 5 -7 1267 -17 -6 4.1 12 46 n/a n/l n/lInternational Paint ** 4.60 -48 -44 32.6 2.8 4.8 14 55 -51 8.5 166 2 19 179.0 1 11 927 1 7 5.0 -49 -47 n/a n/l n/lVictrex 4.17 20 61 12.0 4.1 22.3 35 23 49 34.2 102 17 41 320.6 -5 1 317 23 39 13.1 -3 16 48 599 46Rhodia ** 4.15 17 64 4.5 2.9 5.8 93 n/a n/a 64.6 144 -9 -30 226.1 -1 8 638 -8 -37 6.5 27 126 21 n/l n/lBritish Vita (now part of TPG Spring) 3.40 -6 -4 7.4 0.4 3.7 46 -18 -31 4.8 959 2 4 122.3 7 19 7839 -5 -13 0.4 0 10 n/a n/l n/lScapa 3.40 3 0 n/m 1.8 3.1 -12 n/m n/m -6.0 192 2 1 116.8 4 7 1639 -2 -6 2.1 5 6 44 30 -6Dow Trent ** 3.32 -16 -1 n/m 6.2 6.3 -51 n/m n/m -95.9 53 -1 -42 207.0 13 26 258 -12 -59 12.9 -5 74 n/a n/l n/lPorvair 3.29 3 -34 360.5 7.3 9.2 1 126 n/a 2.0 45 1 -28 92.1 7 7 487 -6 -33 6.8 10 -1 n/a 50 0EVC International (now Ineos Vinyls) * 3.16 15 15 n/m 0.4 4.2 -18 n/m n/m -2.1 840 18 13 269.6 20 15 3114 -1 -3 1.0 16 17 n/a n/l n/lJohnsonDiversey ** 3.12 27 n/a 20.1 1.8 5.2 15 168 n/a 9.0 173 -2 n/a 128.3 1 n/a 1345 -3 n/a 2.3 30 n/a 0 n/l n/lBASF ** 3.08 112 95 14.3 0.9 3.2 22 73 75 6.0 361 3 6 833.9 35 79 433 -24 -43 7.1 177 231 n/a n/l n/lAkzo Nobel Decorative Coatings ** 2.75 0 7 n/m 1.4 2.6 -2 n/m -126 -0.9 197 -6 -9 129.1 1 5 1527 -7 -13 1.8 7 23 n/a n/l n/lCrompton ** 2.50 -5 -1 n/m 12.4 14.3 -9 >-999 n/m -45.0 20 -2 -7 109.1 -15 -13 185 15 6 13.5 -17 -8 16 n/l n/lTennants 1.95 25 329 41.2 0.9 2.5 5 -35 3 2.1 225 16 28 260.2 21 18 864 -4 9 2.3 30 336 n/a n/l n/lAkzo Nobel Nippon Paint ** 1.91 13 -23 n/m 8.1 8.8 -3 n/m -666 -12.6 24 8 -38 296.2 -24 -4 80 43 -39 23.9 -21 16 n/a n/l n/lNufarm ** 1.86 53 n/a n/m 0.9 4.9 -2 -165 -125 -1.2 201 16 23 296.6 61 75 676 -28 -30 2.8 113 n/a 21 n/l n/lAkzo Nobel Powder Coatings ** 1.51 -18 -35 154.3 4.3 6.1 1 n/a -13 2.8 35 3 0 159.9 0 3 220 3 -3 6.9 -20 -33 0 n/l n/lGreat Lakes Europe ** 1.46 -9 -10 n/m 1.1 4.0 -4 n/m n/m -2.7 130 -23 -31 350.6 42 40 371 -46 -51 3.9 68 82 n/a n/l n/lCognis Performance Chemicals(now Cognis) ** 1.38 13 10 167.4 2.0 4.1 1 -84 -87 1.2 69 -2 -19 340.8 -5 8 202 3 -28 6.9 10 41 25 n/l n/lINEOS Chlor 1.36 -28 n/a 11.3 0.4 29.5 12 n/a n/a 3.1 386 3 2 228.0 8 16 1691 -4 -13 0.8 -25 n/a 22 n/l n/lZortech International 1.26 -23 -15 n/m 2.0 3.5 -2 n/m n/m -2.6 62 -16 -15 76.3 14 12 807 -26 -25 1.6 4 13 n/a n/l n/lAcetate Products ** 1.22 33 22 n/m 1.0 12.6 0 n/m -120 0.0 124 0 12 151.9 5 18 814 -4 -6 1.5 39 29 n/a n/l n/lMacDermid ** 1.20 13 34 190.5 5.6 6.5 1 -42 -83 2.9 21 1 -22 154.0 5 3 139 -3 -25 8.6 17 66 n/a n/l n/lBorden International ** 1.13 -5 -23 103.8 1.4 3.5 1 n/a n/a 1.4 80 3 1 288.4 7 28 277 -3 -23 4.1 -2 0 n/a n/l n/lOxonica 0.97 33 n/a n/m 77.5 110.3 -4 n/m n/a -352.7 1 219 n/a 37.8 171 n/a 33 18 n/a 29.3 13 n/a n/a 49 n/aSequa ** 0.94 -20 -56 4.4 0.5 2.0 21 25 70 10.8 197 6 34 199.1 -4 3 991 10 31 1.0 -27 -68 n/a n/l n/lInnovia Films † 0.92 n/a n/a n/m 1.4 4.7 -1 n/a n/a -1.4 68 n/a n/a 44.1 n/a n/a 1530 n/a n/a 0.6 n/a n/a 44 n/l n/lKalon (now SigmaKalon) ** 0.86 -1 7 8.3 0.4 2.1 10 -44 -39 5.2 199 -4 -3 106.0 -2 2 1873 -2 -5 0.5 0 12 n/a n/l n/lRobinson Brothers 0.81 -2 -6 146.8 3.5 7.6 1 12 -40 2.4 24 -1 -2 103.3 4 15 228 -5 -16 3.6 4 12 n/a n/l n/lZotefoams 0.78 6 25 22.4 2.8 7.1 3 123 34 12.4 28 11 18 115.6 10 15 242 1 2 3.2 5 22 29 31 -3European Colour 0.71 4 36 n/m 2.6 4.5 0 n/m -127 -1.3 27 -6 -30 134.1 -8 -9 199 2 -23 3.6 3 67 50 n/l n/lDu Pont 0.68 n/a n/a 2.6 0.2 1.6 26 n/a n/a 8.5 302 n/a n/a 318.5 n/a n/a 948 n/a n/a 0.7 n/a n/a n/a n/l n/lEpichem 0.66 -5 19 54.5 3.5 7.3 1 52 -52 6.5 19 5 -10 131.4 13 -10 142 -7 0 4.6 2 20 n/a n/l n/lExchem ** 0.64 -3 -3 n/m 1.7 9.6 -3 -503 -609 -6.7 39 3 1 115.4 -9 0 335 13 1 1.9 -14 -5 0 4 -20D1 Oils 0.58 20 n/a n/m 139.4 971.4 -8 n/m n/a >-999.9 0 n/m n/a 7.6 n/m n/a 55 686 n/a 10.5 -85 n/a 10 76 -386 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 7