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 %37 Technology hardware & equipment continuedApplied Materials, USA 547.83 -5 -10 65.0 13.5 16.3 843 -18 149 20.7 4073 -13 12 323.8 -15 26 12576 3 -13 43.6 -8 2 79 14292 -14Ricoh, Japan 544.77 0 20 71.3 5.8 11.1 764 11 24 8.1 9451 6 9 124.1 4 7 76150 1 3 7.2 -1 17 n/a 8604 30Xerox, USA 439.77 -1 -15 78.0 4.9 6.1 564 5 179 6.3 8956 -2 -4 162.3 3 14 55200 -5 -17 8.0 5 2 n/a 7692 -1Broadcom, USA 378.98 18 10 191.2 24.4 25.9 198 22 n/a 12.7 1556 11 76 362.9 -12 19 4287 27 51 88.4 -8 -29 n/a 7639 11Micron Technology, USA 351.64 -20 -2 298.9 12.4 34.2 118 -25 n/a 4.1 2843 11 39 151.2 6 32 18800 5 5 18.7 -24 -7 66 6717 68Apple Computer, USA 311.04 9 16 32.7 3.8 5.7 951 408 >999 11.7 8115 68 118 548.3 33 57 14800 27 40 21.0 -14 -17 n/a 30004 35Analog Devices, USA 289.55 -3 7 96.3 20.8 24.4 301 -26 27 21.6 1391 -9 10 158.1 -8 10 8800 -1 1 32.9 -2 7 n/a 6799 -15Dell, USA 269.69 0 29 10.8 0.8 2.1 2501 1 38 7.7 32565 14 42 499.5 -4 -5 65200 18 49 4.1 -15 -14 n/a 29242 -43Agere Systems, USA 269.11 -7 -16 n/m 27.6 35.4 -72 n/m n/m -7.4 976 -12 -15 157.5 -7 6 6200 -6 -23 43.4 -1 7 83 1457 22Kyocera, Japan 268.46 17 28 54.5 4.6 9.6 492 -12 -12 8.5 5827 3 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 36 9081 13Corning, USA 258.04 25 -2 35.7 9.7 43.6 723 n/a n/a 27.1 2667 19 12 102.6 13 10 26000 5 4 9.9 19 -5 n/a 16781 1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Taiwan 248.59 12 18 15.0 5.2 34.5 1660 2 103 34.4 4821 4 42 245.4 -2 16 19642 6 24 12.7 6 -6 n/a 25137 4LSI Logic, USA 231.43 -6 -12 >999.9 20.7 23.2 7 n/a n/a 0.6 1118 13 10 258.7 15 31 4322 -2 -18 53.5 -4 6 n/a 1911 -7Avaya, USA 229.50 13 -8 136.3 8.0 11.0 168 -12 >999 5.9 2855 20 -3 149.5 -6 -6 19100 28 4 12.0 -12 -11 41 2499 -7ASML, The Netherlands 226.06 -1 -1 64.5 13.0 16.1 350 35 n/a 20.2 1738 3 30 343.7 2 46 5055 0 -15 44.7 -1 15 91 5137 11Tokyo Electron, Japan 216.60 -1 -13 78.6 6.9 8.3 276 200 180 8.8 3137 20 19 353.9 20 32 8864 0 -10 24.4 -1 -3 n/a 6707 11Juniper Networks, USA 207.02 49 94 79.5 17.2 22.0 260 128 >999 21.7 1202 54 138 290.0 10 0 4145 41 128 49.9 6 -19 n/a 4350 -44Nvidia, USA 205.09 5 43 103.7 14.8 18.2 198 199 129 14.3 1384 18 34 505.6 -9 -22 2737 30 67 74.9 -19 -13 86 4994 69Tellabs, USA 200.37 37 6 186.1 18.3 21.5 108 n/a n/a 9.8 1097 53 32 304.0 75 81 3609 -13 -27 55.5 57 41 26 2406 -1Kla-Tencor, USA 198.20 21 14 58.5 16.3 19.2 339 99 181 27.9 1215 39 27 220.8 32 29 5500 6 -1 36.0 15 15 76 4926 -11Lexmark, USA 195.95 8 25 63.8 6.4 10.3 307 -28 -2 10.1 3041 -2 12 223.6 -3 3 13600 1 9 14.4 6 15 55 3281 -23National Semiconductor, USA 193.97 -6 -20 84.5 17.4 22.5 229 23 297 20.6 1114 -4 5 131.1 10 24 8500 -12 -15 22.8 8 -6 n/a 4711 -1Maxim Integrated Products, USA 191.15 7 16 42.0 19.6 27.6 455 29 70 46.7 974 16 29 122.0 11 6 7980 5 22 24.0 2 -5 74 5507 -32Hynix Semiconductor, South Korea 190.92 -16 -14 23.1 5.6 51.8 826 -1 n/a 24.1 3433 2 43 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 9320 64ATI Technologies, Canada 190.48 21 64 >999.9 14.7 16.9 14 -90 -47 1.1 1295 11 63 392.3 -9 14 3300 22 46 57.7 -1 14 88 3007 73Xilinx, USA 189.96 6 33 79.4 18.9 22.8 239 11 163 23.8 1006 10 34 305.2 2 13 3295 8 19 57.7 -2 12 59 4060 -26Marconi (now Telent), UK 186.00 -6 -59 n/m 13.9 16.5 -99 n/m n/m -7.4 1337 -14 -63 121.5 17 15 11000 -27 -67 16.9 29 22 n/a 302 -50NCR, USA 185.81 -2 5 82.9 5.3 6.5 224 56 479 6.4 3511 1 4 124.5 2 10 28200 -1 -5 6.6 -1 10 56 3444 -11Marvell Technology, Bermuda 182.24 18 48 87.0 18.7 24.6 210 122 629 21.5 973 36 97 389.2 5 31 2500 30 54 72.9 -10 -3 0 6252 -14Maxtor, USA(now part of Seagate Technology, Cayman Islands) 170.99 -9 -22 n/m 7.5 11.7 -11 n/m n/m -0.5 2266 2 1 150.2 -7 -19 15085 10 22 11.3 -18 -38 69 n/l n/lUnited Microelectronics, Taiwan 170.86 31 30 n/m 9.6 28.9 -102 -130 -167 -5.8 1779 -22 10 147.4 -32 -14 12068 13 29 14.2 15 0 n/a 13111 61Nikon, Japan 165.63 11 25 110.5 5.3 8.2 150 n/a 783 4.8 3151 26 31 188.0 3 8 16758 23 22 9.9 -9 2 47 3802 45Murata Manufacturing, Japan 162.10 -4 3 46.7 7.7 19.1 347 -7 -21 16.6 2095 2 -5 80.8 5 -1 25924 -2 -4 6.3 -2 7 n/a 8639 31Atmel, USA 161.12 12 9 n/m 16.5 26.6 -36 -234 n/m -3.7 976 2 19 120.8 11 20 8080 -8 0 19.9 22 9 86 1389 128Rohm, Japan 159.62 3 23 48.1 8.8 30.1 332 -36 -33 18.2 1821 4 3 92.0 -3 -16 19803 7 21 8.1 -3 2 9 5988 -5Conexant Systems, USA 156.10 12 -11 n/m 37.1 40.1 -85 n/m n/m -20.3 421 -20 -9 175.4 -20 1 2400 0 -27 65.0 12 9 90 479 1UTStarcom, USA 147.45 13 91 n/m 8.6 10.8 -225 -703 -388 -13.2 1706 8 87 270.8 41 41 6300 -23 11 23.4 47 46 55 491 -13Novellus Systems, USA 144.06 -2 2 181.9 18.5 21.8 79 -37 119 10.1 781 -1 20 219.9 -2 10 3550 1 10 40.6 -3 -8 n/a 1883 -14Network Appliance, USA 141.54 42 83 78.4 11.8 18.2 181 23 158 15.0 1204 29 85 241.9 -1 6 4976 31 77 28.4 8 2 46 6558 32ZTE, China 141.44 -13 n/a 119.2 9.1 13.6 119 -2 n/a 7.6 1557 2 n/a 50.5 -16 n/a 30811 21 n/a 4.6 -28 n/a 0 1704 -86Comverse Technology, USA 140.29 7 -7 529.5 25.1 29.9 26 n/a 74 4.7 559 25 -4 110.7 16 3 5050 8 -6 27.8 -1 -2 n/a 2280 -24Western Digital, USA 138.92 19 65 121.1 6.6 13.0 115 27 149 5.4 2120 19 47 91.5 -10 -29 23161 33 100 6.0 -11 -20 65 2205 22Benq, Taiwan 136.66 70 161 n/m 4.4 8.1 -121 -193 -205 -3.9 3135 1 50 158.6 -26 -53 19765 37 124 6.9 24 -14 n/a 831 -47Oce, The Netherlands 132.41 -7 -7 175.0 7.2 15.0 76 0 -26 4.1 1840 1 -9 84.9 1 -7 21657 0 -3 6.1 -6 -4 n/a 759 3Cypress Semiconductor, USA 132.08 -13 -15 n/m 25.6 42.1 -55 >-999 n/m -10.6 516 -7 5 101.2 -18 -14 5100 13 22 25.9 -24 -30 n/a 1249 7Teradyne, USA 129.90 -15 -19 219.3 20.7 31.3 59 -46 n/a 9.5 626 -40 -26 156.6 -7 26 4000 -35 -43 32.5 32 40 78 1520 -11Advantest, Japan 129.70 21 5 >999.9 11.0 14.6 5 -96 -93 0.4 1182 37 49 331.5 37 71 3565 1 -11 36.4 21 18 n/a 5510 18MediaTek, Taiwan 128.21 98 186 39.8 13.7 20.4 322 28 45 34.4 936 30 71 799.7 0 -19 1171 31 106 109.5 52 45 n/a 4602 n/aNidec, Japan 127.91 196 265 47.1 5.3 13.0 272 166 309 11.3 2398 75 104 34.2 70 11 70169 3 66 1.8 187 98 n/a 5761 19Altera, USA 122.18 16 18 65.1 18.7 21.0 188 2 131 28.7 655 11 32 277.2 1 13 2361 9 18 51.8 7 0 76 3648 -23Storage Technology, USA(now part of Sun Microsystems) 114.58 -4 -15 88.6 8.8 11.3 129 15 100 10.0 1295 2 7 182.5 2 11 7100 0 -4 16.1 -4 -11 n/a n/l n/lSanDisk, USA 113.47 56 135 33.5 8.4 14.3 339 40 872 25.2 1343 30 145 1240.3 5 70 1083 24 55 104.8 26 55 54 5421 41Lam Research, USA 113.07 14 5 50.5 12.9 14.4 224 265 n/a 25.6 875 61 45 397.8 61 66 2200 0 -12 51.4 14 19 84 3236 40Lenovo, Hong Kong 111.94 293 354 192.7 1.4 2.0 58 -11 -13 0.7 7779 359 377 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1632 -18Asustek Computer, Taiwan 107.98 83 174 28.8 1.7 7.0 375 37 63 5.9 6347 43 121 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3994 -14Winbond Electronic, Taiwan 103.65 23 0 n/m 20.4 104.1 -25 -151 n/m -4.9 507 -10 -4 112.8 -21 n/a 4497 15 n/a 23.0 7 n/a n/a 638 -32Pitney Bowes, USA 100.07 6 18 16.0 3.1 8.4 626 24 22 19.6 3199 11 22 126.4 54 60 25319 -28 -24 4.0 48 55 n/a 5438 -9RF Micro Devices, USA 98.36 8 47 842.4 21.9 30.5 12 n/a n/a 2.6 449 21 42 149.0 4 -11 3011 17 59 32.7 -8 -7 n/a 671 6OKI Electric, Japan 96.80 -11 3 158.9 2.9 7.2 61 -49 -17 1.8 3358 -1 7 158.6 -5 10 21175 4 -3 4.6 -14 7 n/a 748 -35Tektronix, USA 95.22 25 29 154.0 15.8 18.9 62 -29 20 10.3 603 12 9 139.1 -1 9 4334 13 1 22.0 11 28 62 1318 14Research In Motion, Canada 91.82 56 145 37.3 7.6 16.3 246 >999 n/a 20.4 1203 53 225 251.5 14 n/a 4784 35 n/a 19.2 16 n/a n/a 7039 -8120 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 121