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

Ranking of the top 1250 global companies by R&D investment by country within region–––––––––––––––––– 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 %1.5 USA continuedPharmion 25.01 51 n/a 936.2 19.4 21.8 3 n/a n/a 2.1 129 70 452 392.9 50 n/a 328 13 n/a 76.3 33 n/a n/a 308 n/aCooper Companies 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/aCree 24.91 16 44 35.7 11.0 47.4 70 48 959 30.8 227 27 79 171.4 18 45 1322 7 25 18.8 8 14 n/a 844 n/aVerifone 24.87 18 n/a 62.8 8.8 9.4 40 196 n/a 14.0 283 24 n/a 269.3 n/a n/a 1050 n/a n/a 23.7 n/a n/a 40 949 n/aInformatica 24.81 -17 -11 145.2 15.9 19.6 17 n/a n/a 11.0 156 22 31 154.2 1 6 1010 21 24 24.6 -31 -28 n/a 666 18Wm Wrigley Jr 24.80 23 50 5.4 1.0 7.8 458 11 29 18.9 2423 14 40 169.4 18 20 14300 -3 17 1.7 27 33 n/a 8646 n/aAdvanced Digital Information 24.75 12 23 >999.9 9.4 12.4 2 90 119 0.8 265 0 15 238.5 3 17 1109 -3 -2 22.3 16 26 n/a 437 n/aFerro 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/aEsterline Technologies 24.60 52 99 51.7 5.0 7.9 48 32 60 9.7 489 34 59 73.0 n/a n/a 6700 n/a n/a 3.7 n/a n/a n/a 473 n/aBiosite 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/aMcCormick 24.52 7 29 11.6 1.6 4.5 212 4 17 14.1 1510 3 9 188.7 3 14 8000 0 -4 3.1 7 34 n/a 2431 n/aCray 24.30 -8 -10 n/m 20.7 22.7 -35 n/m n/m -30.3 117 35 26 148.8 52 40 787 -11 -10 30.9 4 -1 n/a 179 n/aAlbemarle 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/aTiVo 23.93 9 53 n/m 21.0 24.6 -22 n/m n/m -19.1 114 14 79 285.3 -2 33 400 17 43 59.8 -6 6 n/a 339 n/aAltiris 23.90 30 99 749.8 21.9 22.5 3 -78 -28 2.9 109 13 107 124.5 -4 20 878 17 48 27.2 11 15 n/a 345 n/aKulicke & Soffa 23.90 19 -13 n/m 7.3 9.5 -59 -221 n/m -17.9 327 -22 -2 98.3 -25 -3 3326 4 1 7.2 14 -13 88 239 n/aSolutia 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/aRambus 23.87 26 68 188.3 26.1 31.1 13 -45 -35 13.8 92 9 39 275.0 -23 n/a 333 41 n/a 71.7 -11 n/a n/a 678 n/aIDEXX Laboratories 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/aHercules 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 7Red Hat 23.81 26 55 46.3 14.7 20.7 51 72 349 31.7 162 42 122 147.4 21 46 1100 17 56 21.6 8 -2 n/a 2530 n/aOmniVision Technologies 23.63 59 167 38.0 8.2 12.9 62 5 108 21.7 287 27 128 174.3 -33 -52 1644 89 346 14.4 -16 -54 n/a 579 n/aSonic Solutions 23.63 28 139 164.8 27.3 28.5 14 180 389 16.6 87 64 198 136.0 55 41 637 6 130 37.1 21 13 23 211 n/aDSP 23.47 25 55 159.0 21.5 26.7 15 29 36 13.5 109 19 33 374.8 16 -7 291 2 36 80.6 22 13 99 424 n/aLennox International 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/aPortal Software (now part of Oracle) 23.45 33 -12 n/m 43.0 47.7 -51 n/m n/m -92.7 55 -26 -44 95.9 -21 -17 569 -7 -35 41.2 42 26 n/a n/l n/lTrizetto 23.45 3 40 179.8 13.8 16.2 13 116 n/a 7.7 170 6 12 113.5 -1 28 1500 7 -15 15.6 -4 56 0 315 n/awebMethods 23.41 -10 -19 327.9 19.3 21.7 7 n/a n/a 5.9 122 4 6 147.3 5 10 826 -1 -4 28.3 -9 -16 37 229 16United Online 23.30 46 56 46.2 7.6 11.7 50 9 436 16.5 306 17 121 339.8 -4 32 900 21 81 25.9 20 -20 n/a 409 n/aPlug Power 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/aAdvanced Energy Industries 23.14 -23 -19 219.7 11.8 15.0 11 n/a n/a 5.4 196 -15 24 128.6 -8 15 1527 -8 9 15.2 -17 -27 n/a 323 57Transaction Systems Architects 23.12 4 4 61.8 12.7 13.9 37 17 204 20.5 182 7 9 109.0 -2 5 1674 10 3 13.8 -5 1 61 785 n/aCurtiss-Wright 23.11 17 121 29.3 3.5 7.3 79 22 62 12.0 659 18 77 111.8 13 32 5892 5 38 3.9 11 77 20 754 n/aev3 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 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 57Scansoft (now Nuance Communications) 22.83 48 88 >999.9 16.9 18.8 1 n/a n/a 0.8 135 78 161 121.7 33 21 1112 34 112 20.5 11 -16 n/a 892 n/aStoneridge 22.83 8 34 138.5 5.8 10.1 16 n/a n/a 4.2 391 -1 7 65.2 -1 n/a 6000 0 n/a 3.8 8 n/a n/a 123 n/aSeeBeyond Technology(now part of Sun Microsystems) 22.79 -4 25 n/m 23.9 25.1 0 n/m n/m 0.0 95 19 11 117.2 -2 0 814 21 10 28.0 -21 12 n/a n/l n/lInamed (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/lChurch & Dwight 22.54 17 43 17.9 2.2 4.4 126 15 59 12.5 1011 19 49 273.4 22 3 3700 -3 42 6.1 20 -2 n/a 1405 n/aArbitron 22.46 16 43 38.0 12.4 17.5 59 3 15 32.7 181 5 18 103.6 3 -2 1742 2 18 12.9 14 19 n/a 620 n/aPerrigo 22.38 39 74 n/m 3.8 6.4 -193 -403 -497 -32.3 597 14 24 102.0 -47 -38 5848 116 97 3.8 -36 -14 n/a 879 n/aHarmonic 22.23 7 -6 n/m 14.8 17.0 -5 >-999 n/m -3.1 150 4 25 242.6 -1 23 618 5 1 36.0 2 -7 n/a 224 n/aMEMC Electronic Matrials 22.12 n/a n/a 14.1 3.7 18.3 156 n/a n/a 26.1 599 n/a n/a 119.8 n/a n/a 5000 n/a n/a 4.4 n/a n/a 72 3869 n/aC-Cor 22.02 76 63 n/m 15.9 18.4 -16 -162 n/m -11.6 138 -2 2 88.4 -9 -6 1564 9 6 14.1 62 45 n/a 192 n/aSemtech 21.86 12 20 79.4 15.7 20.1 28 -32 10 19.7 139 -6 15 211.6 -12 2 659 8 13 33.2 4 6 n/a 521 n/aAcxiom 21.85 5 -4 28.8 2.8 3.3 76 5 118 9.8 776 9 31 114.7 6 9 6765 3 21 3.2 3 -21 n/a 1256 n/aAmphenol 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/aAmkor Technology 21.75 2 13 125.6 1.8 15.9 17 -78 n/a 1.4 1223 10 31 51.0 1 15 24000 9 14 0.9 -7 -1 66 624 n/aI2 Technologies 21.75 -47 -76 69.4 10.5 11.4 31 323 366 15.2 206 -9 -49 165.1 49 20 1250 -39 -58 17.4 -14 -39 47 173 -37Investment Technology 21.73 18 34 34.2 9.1 9.1 64 64 9 26.7 238 22 14 333.0 12 -1 714 9 15 30.4 8 17 n/a 1190 n/aHutchinson Technology 21.45 30 75 64.2 5.8 37.0 33 48 139 9.1 368 34 43 69.3 -3 -5 5310 38 51 4.0 -5 17 n/a 273 n/aPhoton Dynamics 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/aDatascope 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/aVerint Systems 21.06 30 65 203.1 14.5 17.4 10 -4 263 7.1 146 30 60 121.3 3 n/a 1200 26 n/a 17.6 3 n/a n/a 521 n/aUnited Therapeutics 21.00 18 15 85.4 31.1 36.4 25 238 n/a 36.4 68 58 185 321.5 28 118 210 24 38 100.0 -5 -18 n/a 741 n/aAO Smith 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 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/aJack Henry & Associates 20.68 26 96 29.8 6.6 17.5 69 21 36 22.2 312 15 33 104.4 n/a n/a 2989 n/a n/a 6.9 n/a n/a n/a 984 n/aNetflix 20.61 101 84 >999.9 5.2 9.7 2 -85 n/a 0.4 397 35 171 403.4 29 n/a 985 5 n/a 20.9 92 n/a n/a 726 n/aMicromuse (now part of IBM) 20.45 12 10 n/m 21.8 25.5 -4 -429 -652 -4.5 94 10 3 142.7 -11 -1 656 23 5 31.2 -9 4 52 n/l n/lGeron 20.43 17 21 n/m 569.6 596.3 -22 n/m n/m -612.5 4 485 247 39.9 329 255 90 36 2 227.0 -14 5 n/a 231 n/aGentex 20.42 14 39 25.1 6.5 16.5 81 -10 12 26.0 312 6 28 138.0 -2 10 2264 8 17 9.0 5 19 n/a 1143 n/aAsyst Technologies 20.32 -4 -13 n/m 5.7 6.4 -8 n/m n/m -2.1 357 103 97 435.4 31 122 820 55 -21 24.8 -38 -4 82 188 n/a144 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D 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