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 %8 Electronic & electrical equipment continuedSharp Electronics ** 7.07 11 28 n/m 2.0 3.3 -10 n/m >-999 -2.7 355 -5 9 418.1 -7 27 848 2 -17 8.3 8 50 n/a n/l n/lIntelligent Energy 6.78 11 52 n/m 272.4 275.7 -9 n/m n/m -369.0 2 -22 153 34.6 -10 147 72 -13 60 94.2 28 11 35 n/l n/lToshiba Research Europe ** 6.43 -2 21 n/m 72.0 78.1 0 n/m -505 -4.9 9 4 25 135.2 -7 -16 66 12 47 97.4 -12 -19 100 n/l n/lXaar 5.48 43 38 60.9 12.8 20.2 9 48 515 21.0 43 23 44 164.5 11 35 260 11 6 21.1 29 29 n/a 103 -40Dialight 5.34 -22 -38 64.3 5.6 8.0 8 -9 -15 8.7 95 -20 -35 77.4 -5 -7 1229 -16 -30 4.3 -8 -11 62 77 -35e2v Technologies 5.28 -3 n/a 57.1 5.3 12.8 9 -6 n/a 9.2 101 3 n/a 77.6 3 n/a 1296 0 n/a 4.1 -3 n/a n/a 184 53MTL Instruments 4.73 17 -4 63.5 6.4 9.4 7 55 122 10.0 74 17 20 92.4 11 17 803 5 2 5.9 11 -5 n/a 81 16Chloride 4.53 -12 -7 26.5 2.5 3.8 17 251 240 9.4 182 10 19 144.0 23 33 1261 -10 -11 3.6 -1 4 32 281 41ABB ** 4.26 24 -43 755.0 1.0 1.3 1 n/a n/a 0.1 432 4 -42 188.0 5 29 2298 -1 -58 1.9 25 37 0 n/l n/lAVX ** 3.49 -7 -10 335.7 1.1 6.2 1 n/a -98 0.3 327 -9 -40 57.6 -12 -38 5680 3 0 0.6 -9 -14 n/a n/l n/lDigital Appliance Controls ** 3.35 0 -28 15.2 0.8 3.5 22 167 95 5.4 404 9 12 154.5 12 37 2617 -3 -19 1.3 3 -10 16 n/l n/lLinx Printing Technologies(now part of Danaher, USA) ** 3.24 4 9 58.4 6.2 8.1 6 -1 8 10.7 52 3 15 71.1 0 -2 733 2 16 4.4 2 -7 n/a n/l n/lVideojet Technologies ** 3.22 791 n/a 26.3 11.4 12.7 12 34 666 43.2 28 30 73 229.8 -5 72 123 37 -8 26.1 552 n/a 0 n/l n/lSPI Lasers 2.96 1 n/a n/m 85.4 98.5 -9 n/m n/a -257.8 3 100 n/a 39.4 66 n/a 88 21 n/a 33.7 -16 n/a 70 41 n/aXP Power 2.60 13 65 30.6 3.7 5.3 9 49 148 12.2 70 4 0 224.2 -2 -20 310 7 24 8.4 6 37 54 80 -6Cooper Industries ** 2.58 -4 5 41.4 1.7 2.5 6 -26 12 4.1 153 6 4 90.3 4 10 1699 2 -6 1.5 -6 10 0 n/l n/lCA-MC Acquisition ** 2.48 12 -8 117.0 7.5 10.8 2 105 n/a 6.4 33 7 -1 82.7 22 23 401 -12 -20 6.2 28 12 40 n/l n/lCeres Power 2.32 46 112 n/m >999.9 >999.9 -4 n/m n/m >-999.9 0 n/m n/m 2.4 n/m n/a 29 38 102 80.1 6 4 15 156 n/aAlstom Controls ** 1.89 -33 -36 33.3 3.1 3.5 6 -23 -19 9.2 61 -44 -32 98.7 -11 2 623 -37 -33 3.0 6 -3 33 n/l n/lHoneywell Analytics ** 1.88 19 3 124.7 9.7 10.7 2 -33 -24 7.8 19 -31 -48 142.7 -22 -7 136 -12 -47 13.8 35 83 0 n/l n/lVolex 1.79 -2 -25 n/m 0.7 1.7 -3 n/m n/m -1.3 250 2 1 26.5 9 0 9454 -6 2 0.2 4 -26 60 57 -7Tritrax 1.75 19 50 49.1 3.3 4.0 4 29 318 6.8 53 13 49 105.4 -23 -6 498 47 57 3.5 -19 -4 n/a n/l n/lBlock Shield † 1.52 770 n/a n/m 130.2 135.6 -3 n/m n/a -253.6 1 94 n/a 41.8 122 n/a 28 -13 n/a 54.4 894 n/a 89 45 n/aChalkfree † 1.52 n/a n/a 111.6 1.9 5.5 1 -87 -73 1.7 80 15 111 162.0 -27 -8 493 58 145 3.1 n/a n/a n/a n/l n/lSchneider Electric ** 1.36 -6 -32 10.7 0.5 1.6 13 71 35 5.0 253 11 3 140.9 9 18 1796 2 -13 0.8 -7 -21 n/a n/l n/lMinorplanet Systems 1.30 -48 -65 7.3 5.9 6.8 18 n/a n/a 80.9 22 -35 -71 60.1 10 -13 366 -41 -65 3.6 -12 -5 n/a 11 175NGC ** 1.10 -11 -30 909.9 1.0 1.2 0 n/a n/a 0.1 111 107 236 334.0 102 119 332 2 56 3.3 -13 -60 n/a n/l n/lCoherent ** 1.09 -25 9 n/m 7.1 8.2 -1 n/m n/m -7.8 15 -32 -26 123.0 -19 -2 124 -16 -26 8.8 -11 39 n/a n/l n/lPolaron 1.02 >999 n/a 290.6 5.4 8.7 0 -57 -44 1.9 19 45 79 82.7 -4 16 227 51 55 4.5 >999 n/a n/a 10 n/aSmart Holograms 0.96 372 658 n/m 559.9 832.6 -1 n/m n/m -655.2 0 n/m n/m 24.6 n/m n/a 7 n/a n/a 137.6 n/a n/a n/a n/l n/lMicroEmissive Displays 0.94 -36 n/a n/m >999.9 >999.9 -6 n/m n/a >-999.9 0 -50 n/a 0.2 -59 n/a 38 23 n/a 24.6 -48 n/a 100 6 -63ITM Power 0.93 61 202 n/m n/a n/a -2 n/m n/m n/a 0 n/m n/m 0.0 n/m n/a 15 25 n/a 62.1 28 n/a n/a 169 99COE 0.90 -5 n/a n/m 16.8 18.2 -1 n/m n/m -24.1 5 17 -46 86.0 27 118 62 -7 -80 14.4 3 n/a n/a 1 -50Technolog 0.87 16 51 152.7 9.6 12.6 1 -15 -51 6.3 9 -17 3 82.7 -11 -3 110 -7 8 7.9 25 43 n/a n/l n/lID Data 0.86 n/a n/a n/m 4.4 7.4 -4 n/m n/m -20.5 19 72 16 63.1 9 -6 307 57 25 2.8 n/a n/a n/a 7 n/aDatong Electronics 0.84 31 40 54.2 13.0 18.0 2 77 217 23.9 6 34 65 108.1 21 41 60 11 18 14.0 18 19 n/a 12 n/aFeedback 0.78 -48 -31 n/m 8.5 8.8 -1 n/m n/m -7.1 9 6 -2 85.8 41 32 107 -25 -25 7.3 -30 -8 n/a 1 0Dewhurst 0.73 -6 -6 22.3 2.4 3.0 3 1 48 11.0 30 2 16 89.8 7 26 334 -4 -8 2.2 -1 3 44 12 20ASTEC ** 0.68 126 -76 4.4 0.2 3.0 15 63 3 5.5 281 3 -41 21.2 1 -35 13232 2 -7 0.1 126 -73 73 n/l n/lDeutsch ** 0.67 27 22 15.6 2.7 5.8 4 51 41 17.4 25 6 10 92.3 13 16 266 -6 -5 2.5 35 29 n/a n/l n/lInnovision Research & Technology 0.63 63 n/a n/m 38.1 48.1 -3 n/m n/m -200.1 2 6 16 33.7 6 15 49 0 -3 12.8 63 n/a 64 20 -67Servocell 0.59 -26 n/a n/m 281.8 301.9 -1 n/m n/a -701.4 0 -70 n/a 16.1 -59 n/a 13 -28 n/a 45.3 2 n/a n/a 24 n/aGet 0.49 35 47 10.8 0.6 1.3 5 -25 -8 5.6 81 4 17 272.7 5 25 298 -1 -8 1.6 37 58 n/a 23 -8Pelikon 0.48 14 n/a n/m 47.5 61.5 -4 n/m n/a -348.2 1 -52 n/a 22.4 -53 n/a 45 2 n/a 10.6 12 n/a 23 n/l n/lElektron 0.40 1 -9 22.4 1.8 4.2 2 -34 176 7.9 22 -2 35 27.5 -5 -29 818 3 78 0.5 -2 -54 33 11 -8PipeHawk 0.40 0 -16 n/m 28.9 32.1 0 n/m n/m -24.7 1 46 45 44.4 55 26 31 -6 15 12.8 7 -29 9 5 67Appian Technology 0.39 13 69 n/m 13.5 14.5 -1 n/m n/m -34.4 3 22 6 93.6 14 -9 31 7 18 12.6 5 45 n/a 14 1809 Equity investment instruments n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aNo companies with sufficient R&D for inclusion n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a10 Fixed line telecommunications 730.60 39 66.6 29.1 3.5 17.8 2512 -17 66 12.0 20897 6 2.5 184.8 2.7 8.1 113078 3.2 -5.6 6.5 34.7 71.3 3 22520 8BT 727.00 39 82 29.0 3.7 17.6 2509 -14 63 12.9 19514 6 2 189.5 2 8 103000 3 -5 7.1 35 89 4 20490 10Jazztel 2.09 34 7 n/m 1.3 55.0 -108 n/m n/m -66.1 164 16 9 115.8 -11 -2 1417 31 9 1.5 3 -1 0 393 -46Patientline 0.82 -33 -43 n/m 1.5 26.2 -18 n/m n/m -31.6 55 12 82 44.5 14 15 1246 -2 53 0.7 -32 -75 1 10 -77Eircom 0.69 0 -99 0.5 0.1 14.8 128 -13 125 11.0 1163 6 1 156.9 9 20 7415 -2 -17 0.1 3 -98 0 1627 n/a11 Food and drug retailers 160.64 44.2 n/a 6.2 0.3 5.9 2576 14.8 34.7 5.3 48895 13.7 32 124.7 4 5.4 392193 9.3 25.4 0.4 31.8 n/a n/a n/a n/aTesco 115.00 35 n/a 5.1 0.3 7.0 2276 15 35 5.7 39588 17 38 107.5 6 9 368213 10 26 0.3 23 n/a n/a 27595 n/aEisai ** 34.32 124 204 >999.9 50.7 51.1 0 n/a -84 0.2 68 26 51 512.9 2 7 132 23 42 260.0 81 118 0 n/l n/lAlliance UniChem(now part of Alliance Boots) 10.00 0 n/a 3.3 0.1 0.8 302 10 32 3.3 9171 3 11 388.2 -1 1 23624 4 11 0.4 -4 n/a n/a n/l n/l10 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 11