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 continuedAmetek 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/aNeurogen 20.13 56 23 n/m 457.3 481.9 -24 n/m n/m -536.7 4 -61 -43 25.2 -62 n/a 175 3 n/a 115.0 51 n/a n/a 104 n/aSalix Pharmaceuticals 20.12 70 123 n/m 22.3 23.9 -36 >-999 n/m -39.4 90 47 185 419.7 2 51 215 43 65 93.6 18 34 n/a 281 n/aMacrovision 20.02 20 99 94.0 16.9 21.2 21 -31 7 18.0 118 12 59 171.1 -2 -18 692 14 87 28.9 5 8 43 601 n/aSeaChange International 20.02 17 31 n/m 27.2 37.9 -10 -242 >-999 -13.7 74 -20 -9 109.6 -36 -37 671 26 45 29.8 -8 -10 n/a 114 n/aManhattan Associates 19.89 18 42 117.1 13.9 17.3 17 -10 -8 11.8 144 15 33 89.7 0 -13 1600 14 50 12.4 4 -7 n/a 337 n/aEss Technology 19.79 -9 8 n/m 18.7 21.3 -58 n/m >-999 -55.0 106 -29 -27 205.0 -27 -31 517 -4 7 38.3 -6 -2 100 34 n/aNDChealth(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/lTerayon Communication Systems 19.78 -21 -46 n/m 22.6 24.4 -21 n/m n/m -24.5 88 13 -32 343.9 87 63 255 -40 -57 77.6 31 23 45 38 n/aCSG Systems International 19.77 -43 -45 56.7 6.2 8.5 35 -29 -28 10.9 320 4 2 207.9 72 61 1540 -40 -37 12.8 -5 -13 n/a 735 34Steris 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/aBriggs & Stratton 19.51 29 37 14.6 1.3 4.5 134 -4 77 8.7 1546 36 65 170.4 12 31 9073 22 26 2.2 6 9 n/a 782 n/aOshkosh Truck 19.45 21 62 12.4 1.1 2.6 157 46 107 9.1 1724 31 60 216.6 12 26 7960 17 28 2.4 4 28 14 2118 n/aAdvent Software 19.44 3 -1 335.5 19.8 23.6 6 n/a n/a 5.9 98 12 9 133.5 15 23 736 -2 -12 26.4 6 11 11 568 n/aInter-Tel 19.37 15 52 146.6 7.5 9.5 13 -46 -45 5.1 258 6 14 128.0 7 2 2016 0 11 9.6 16 38 n/a 338 n/aVignette 19.35 -36 -38 >999.9 17.4 19.6 1 n/a n/a 1.2 111 23 0 150.5 22 33 738 1 -25 26.2 -37 -19 n/a 225 -13Micros Systems 19.31 22 56 41.8 5.5 7.3 46 37 175 13.3 348 23 51 106.9 9 25 3253 12 21 5.9 8 29 56 857 n/aAvanex 19.29 -21 10 n/m 20.6 21.2 -61 n/m n/m -65.6 94 50 119 118.2 83 74 792 -18 35 24.4 -4 -26 n/a 157 n/a2 Europe 82301.89 5.8 5.6 26.5 3.1 9.5 310485 20.1 95.8 11.6 2668148 6.9 13.1 188.3 3.2 10.8 14161881 1.2 -4.1 5.8 -0.9 -3.5 n/a 2948830 6.02.1 Austria 112.85 1.0 5.9 11.2 1.3 10.9 1011 38.9 162.2 12.0 8419 10.1 27.2 180.2 6.9 26.3 46720 3.1 -4.4 2.4 -2.0 18.1 n/a 10522 n/aVoest-Alpine 42.26 2 27 8.3 0.9 8.4 507 43 183 11.3 4475 13 43 183.8 11 27 24348 2 13 1.7 1 13 n/a 3108 78Telekom Austria 29.57 2 25 6.8 1.0 15.3 434 36 145 14.4 3008 8 27 208.8 2 32 14403 6 -6 2.1 -4 30 n/a 6534 8Zumtobel 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/aAustriamicrosystems 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/a2.2 Belgium 1039.09 20.9 21.8 28.4 4.2 8.2 3658 -7.3 27.3 14.8 24797 0.5 8.2 218.5 5.4 14.8 113513 -4.7 -5.8 9.2 26.8 23.4 n/a 36212 3.5UCB 351.11 42 99 148.5 20.2 23.7 236 -8 -20 13.6 1740 -22 -10 204.2 -22 7 8525 -1 -17 41.2 43 133 n/a 4492 -1Solvay 327.74 12 18 86.9 5.3 11.4 377 -29 -10 6.1 6220 15 13 216.5 17 4 28730 -2 7 11.4 14 10 n/a 5471 5Agfa-Gevaert 138.79 6 -11 166.9 6.1 8.5 83 -28 0 3.7 2273 -12 -25 154.4 -3 -3 14722 -9 -23 9.4 17 16 48 1585 -21Umicore 76.96 26 109 40.7 1.6 3.5 189 0 102 3.8 4954 1 56 499.7 18 52 9914 -14 6 7.8 46 116 n/a 1791 40Barco 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 9Dexia 32.98 586 n/a 1.8 0.8 0.8 1852 16 44 45.1 4106 6 8 206.4 5 11 19891 1 -3 1.7 577 n/a n/a 14493 4Bekaert 30.90 -17 9 24.3 2.3 9.8 127 -20 76 9.6 1315 -12 0 119.3 -2 0 11022 -10 0 2.8 -7 9 51 1110 10Belgacom 30.23 -17 -16 4.0 0.8 9.0 763 -28 27 20.6 3699 -1 0 225.7 4 14 16388 -4 -14 1.8 -13 -4 n/a 6696 n/a2.3 Croatia 70.40 -6.6 23.1 615.4 10.4 14.2 11 -87.2 -90.6 1.7 675 2.6 13.7 110.1 11.2 29.8 6137 -7.8 -12.8 11.5 1.3 39.7 42 1550 n/aPliva 70.40 -6.6 23.1 615.4 10.4 14.2 11 -87.2 -90.6 1.7 675 2.6 13.7 110.1 11.2 29.8 6137 -7.8 -12.8 11.5 1.3 39.7 42 1550 n/a2.4 Denmark 1345.21 15.6 11.5 32.7 4.4 10.3 4109 -3.2 39.2 13.5 30490 9.9 18.5 172.1 5.2 9.9 177200 4.5 7.1 7.6 10.7 -16.0 n/a 51006 n/aNovo Nordisk 468.41 17 22 60.5 15.1 26.6 774 22 35 24.9 3110 16 29 147.1 7 6 21146 8 21 22.2 8 0 60 11332 20Lundbeck 159.72 35 15 81.2 19.1 25.5 197 -16 -2 23.5 835 -7 -1 166.4 -4 -7 5022 -3 5 31.8 38 7 43 3245 -6Danisco 86.87 69 85 70.2 4.5 9.7 124 -30 -29 6.4 1926 17 22 181.1 2 1 10636 15 21 8.2 47 52 43 2159 12Novozymes 73.05 -2 8 66.2 12.6 18.3 110 12 20 19.1 579 4 10 143.8 2 1 4023 2 9 18.2 -4 -2 56 2673 n/aDanfoss 59.51 14 26 70.0 3.9 10.2 85 -8 19 5.6 1512 0 7 82.8 -4 1 18258 5 6 3.3 9 19 29 n/l n/lVestas Wind Systems 59.30 48 144 n/m 2.4 5.1 -80 n/m -284 -3.2 2462 52 114 239.0 39 36 10300 9 56 5.8 36 81 39 2849 56Grundfos 54.32 3 21 45.5 4.4 13.6 120 1 28 9.7 1236 10 21 94.3 6 9 13112 4 12 4.1 -1 8 31 n/l n/lBang & Olufsen 46.22 10 35 132.1 13.4 16.7 35 13 31 10.2 345 4 -4 149.2 22 16 2311 -15 -18 20.0 29 63 18 689 40Chr Hansen (now ALK-Abello) 40.72 -2 3 135.2 10.1 18.2 30 2 21 7.5 404 -2 -3 109.4 -3 -7 3688 1 4 11.0 -4 0 n/a 708 -16Genmab 40.69 18 35 n/m 448.4 456.7 -39 n/m n/m -434.4 9 >999 444 42.6 >999 409 213 3 35 191.0 14 -7 n/a 795 188Danske Bank 38.23 53 n/a 2.4 1.2 1.2 1588 36 45 48.1 3300 19 31 177.7 6 21 18576 12 8 2.1 36 n/a n/a 14694 25TDC (now part of Nordic Telephone) 37.58 -15 n/a 7.1 0.9 10.5 530 -52 -4 12.1 4392 9 -3 219.0 4 9 20059 5 -13 1.9 -19 n/a n/a 4307 n/aWilliam Demant 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 51Borealis 28.17 0 -2 12.9 0.9 5.4 219 -3 137 6.6 3308 4 24 728.1 13 39 4543 -8 -11 6.2 9 10 7 n/l n/lNKT 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 58Arla Foods 25.42 -20 n/a 19.1 0.6 6.0 133 -3 -3 3.1 4270 -3 12 212.7 1 4 20076 -4 7 1.3 -17 n/a n/a n/l n/lGN Store Nord 24.04 -24 -45 31.7 3.9 6.7 76 56 n/a 12.4 612 20 15 117.9 7 14 5190 12 0 4.6 -32 -44 n/a 1828 23Nyco 21.12 20 n/a n/m 6.1 9.4 -25 -170 n/a -7.2 349 -21 n/a 107.3 -27 n/a 3252 8 n/a 6.5 11 n/a n/a n/l n/lColoplast 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 252.5 Finland 3239.31 3.6 5.7 70.4 5.0 9.5 4602 -9.6 -8.5 7.2 64154 4.9 5.2 211.2 8.3 9.4 303809 -3.0 -3.7 10.7 4.9 6.2 n/a 71325 11.5Nokia 2733.27 4 8 87.9 11.6 13.4 3109 5 4 13.2 23493 17 14 412.9 10 8 56896 6 6 48.0 -2 2 n/a 43545 9Metso 60.47 -15 -31 28.4 2.1 4.1 213 172 n/a 7.3 2918 7 -2 130.2 16 17 22405 -8 -16 2.7 -7 -18 55 2834 52146 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 147