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 %3.6 Japan continuedKawasaki Heavy Industries 65.06 -11 -18 78.4 1.1 3.3 83 13 37 1.4 6127 7 8 213.6 9 9 28682 -2 -1 2.3 -9 -17 27 2636 47Glory 64.39 10 18 40.5 6.9 10.1 159 9 88 17.1 932 7 31 178.5 3 21 5221 4 8 12.3 6 8 n/a 733 -1Kyorin Pharmaceutical (now Kyorin) 62.67 54 n/a 382.9 19.2 27.9 16 -68 n/a 5.0 327 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 12 531 n/aDainippon Screen Mfg 62.32 13 21 67.8 4.7 6.0 92 427 n/a 6.9 1329 40 39 292.3 38 38 4547 2 1 13.7 11 20 21 1103 7Santen Pharmaceutical 62.28 6 7 70.0 13.6 18.9 89 36 40 19.4 457 3 4 198.2 4 6 2308 -1 -2 27.0 8 10 7 1215 0UBE Industries 61.63 9 4 37.9 2.1 6.7 163 65 223 5.5 2938 6 12 275.3 10 19 10673 -4 -6 5.8 13 11 n/a 1544 16Fujikura 59.85 10 8 136.1 3.4 9.1 44 n/a 195 2.5 1780 9 6 64.6 9 -5 27553 0 12 2.2 10 -4 n/a 2584 100Funai Electric 59.66 4 92 36.8 3.2 7.1 162 -25 18 8.6 1890 12 39 486.9 12 21 3882 0 16 15.4 4 77 n/a 1933 -5Toto 58.17 4 -1 43.4 2.4 6.2 134 2 122 5.6 2390 3 10 129.0 -4 2 18519 8 8 3.1 -4 -8 n/a 2128 27Oji Paper 56.75 -4 n/a 14.0 1.0 1.0 404 54 160 6.9 5849 0 -2 313.9 5 n/a 18634 -4 n/a 3.0 0 n/a n/a 3677 15Nippon Oil 56.46 18 13 5.3 0.2 2.4 1074 n/a 884 4.4 24301 15 36 1810.3 23 46 13424 -6 -6 4.2 26 21 n/a 6944 3Osaka Gas 56.28 -8 -21 14.0 1.2 7.7 403 -3 16 8.4 4813 3 2 301.0 -2 -17 15992 5 18 3.5 -12 -37 n/a 4406 5Daicel Chemical Industries 55.37 1 -3 n/m 3.7 11.9 -2 -103 -103 -0.1 1512 9 14 259.8 5 7 5819 4 7 9.5 -3 -9 n/a 1555 27Sumitomo Bakelite 54.50 9 15 66.5 4.9 8.9 82 40 74 7.4 1103 31 33 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1184 30KDDI 54.10 -18 16 3.6 0.4 9.7 1502 2 105 10.4 14411 3 9 1164.7 9 19 12373 -6 -9 4.4 -13 26 n/a 16664 23Hoya 54.07 11 49 13.1 3.6 14.4 413 41 109 27.2 1521 14 25 71.6 -3 -15 21234 17 45 2.5 -5 3 26 8947 2Sanken Electric 52.97 10 20 109.3 6.9 14.2 48 -8 67 6.3 771 6 6 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 932 11Mitsubishi Gas Chemical 52.93 2 -8 32.1 2.8 6.9 165 78 430 8.6 1918 14 24 433.3 17 33 4426 -2 -7 12.0 5 -1 5 2876 75NGK Insulators 52.58 -15 -27 52.2 4.0 15.2 101 18 13 7.7 1313 6 -10 140.8 -1 1 9329 7 -11 5.6 -21 -18 23 2663 24Anritsu 51.89 6 -22 359.4 12.5 14.1 14 4 n/a 3.5 415 7 -25 114.9 6 -7 3610 1 -18 14.4 5 -5 n/a 395 -4Mitsubishi Materials 51.57 -7 -22 28.6 1.1 5.8 180 73 n/a 3.7 4860 4 -4 247.5 11 10 19638 -6 -13 2.6 -1 -11 9 2774 44Mitsubishi Rayon 51.28 -6 -4 40.7 3.1 11.0 126 23 190 7.7 1629 7 6 190.5 7 13 8551 0 -6 6.0 -6 1 n/a 2675 83Tohoku Electric Power 51.04 8 -6 7.2 0.6 14.1 710 -6 -27 8.9 7953 3 -2 351.5 -17 -16 22627 24 17 2.3 -12 -20 n/a 6267 2Citizen Watch 50.42 8 2 26.4 2.9 8.2 191 4 121 10.8 1763 -5 1 98.0 -5 1 17987 0 0 2.8 8 2 23 1929 24Tosoh 50.34 -1 2 18.9 1.7 8.3 267 158 235 9.2 2904 21 30 317.4 22 27 9148 -1 2 5.5 0 0 n/a 1282 -12Kajima 49.48 -10 -14 34.6 0.6 1.3 143 897 n/a 1.7 8327 4 -10 880.3 9 4 9460 -5 -13 5.2 -5 -1 9 2732 11Minebea 49.41 4 n/a 78.4 3.4 11.2 63 -24 -31 4.3 1453 10 6 30.0 -1 -4 48473 11 10 1.0 -6 n/a n/a 1215 23Ebara 49.32 -9 -36 n/m 2.1 4.7 -101 -852 n/m -4.3 2361 -6 -13 157.8 -4 -9 14965 -2 -4 3.3 -7 -33 n/a 990 29Kissei Pharmaceutical 48.82 1 -17 133.0 16.2 19.0 37 -22 -3 12.2 301 5 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 591 -8Kyushu Electric Power 48.64 -8 -16 5.0 0.7 15.3 969 4 7 13.9 6952 1 0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6462 7NSK 48.39 12 14 26.0 1.7 7.5 186 59 221 6.5 2867 11 13 138.3 6 16 20737 5 -3 2.3 7 18 30 2502 48Pentax 48.34 9 31 171.5 7.3 12.4 28 0 596 4.3 659 -1 18 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 52 391 38Toyo Tire 48.32 2 9 89.5 3.6 11.8 54 68 21 4.1 1332 5 7 208.9 4 7 6377 2 0 7.6 1 9 n/a 483 -5Akebono Brake Industry 47.15 8 5 97.8 7.2 11.1 48 10 118 7.4 656 -6 2 146.7 -3 n/a 4469 -3 n/a 10.6 11 n/a n/a 582 46Nippon Shokubai 47.03 1 3 41.9 4.8 10.9 112 67 170 11.5 973 16 21 357.7 14 31 2721 2 -8 17.3 -1 12 23 1375 29Nippon Kayaku 46.87 11 11 90.7 7.1 13.0 52 16 19 7.8 662 5 9 163.6 2 0 4049 3 9 11.6 8 2 n/a 916 18Toyobo 45.41 2 2 48.1 2.3 5.8 94 310 n/a 4.9 1943 6 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1080 10Taisei 44.39 -5 -8 20.4 0.5 1.3 217 n/a >999 2.6 8429 7 2 504.0 n/a n/a 16723 n/a n/a 2.7 n/a n/a 1 2104 -8Zeon 44.23 6 27 62.3 3.9 10.7 71 118 159 6.2 1142 8 14 410.1 11 16 2784 -2 -1 15.9 8 29 21 1492 24Tokuyama 43.76 1 10 57.4 3.7 10.7 76 14 56 6.5 1172 8 4 255.8 8 6 4584 0 -2 9.5 1 12 0 2148 69Hamamatsu Photonics 43.66 1 8 74.2 12.0 22.0 59 44 106 16.1 365 5 16 111.4 0 6 3274 5 10 13.3 -4 -2 42 1392 64Nissan Chemical Industries 42.61 -1 19 49.0 5.3 8.4 87 24 85 10.9 797 4 11 351.0 5 4 2269 -1 3 18.8 1 12 n/a 1352 3Nippon Shinyaku 41.85 3 14 104.0 15.6 20.0 40 146 80 15.0 268 6 5 147.8 n/a n/a 1811 n/a n/a 23.1 n/a n/a n/a 359 8Shimano 41.69 39 27 35.3 5.0 9.1 118 -16 49 14.3 828 -1 17 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1760 -11Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK 41.66 0 1 35.7 3.0 7.7 117 56 121 8.4 1382 12 11 291.1 n/a n/a 4747 n/a n/a 8.8 n/a n/a 0 1167 9Tokyo Gas 41.13 -25 n/a 5.9 0.7 8.6 692 63 53 11.8 5877 3 7 352.5 -3 -16 16670 7 23 2.5 -30 n/a n/a 8314 36Chugoku Electric Power 41.01 -5 -7 7.6 0.8 11.3 538 2 -8 10.8 4993 5 0 343.9 4 1 14521 0 0 2.8 -6 -9 n/a 4464 4Asahi Breweries 40.92 0 10 9.5 0.6 3.0 431 -4 49 6.1 7057 61 66 474.4 70 67 14878 -6 -1 2.8 6 12 n/a 4246 24Yamatake 40.32 1 -5 139.0 4.5 5.6 29 -10 66 3.3 892 6 6 127.9 2 5 6977 4 1 5.8 -3 -6 n/a 1025 34Nippon Sheet Glass 39.21 3 2 66.4 3.0 7.5 59 9 27 4.5 1308 -2 -7 108.9 -7 -5 12006 5 -3 3.3 -2 5 1 1210 11Japan Aviation Electronics Industry 39.09 5 14 115.3 6.8 16.7 34 -14 7 5.9 572 2 5 125.4 -4 -5 4558 6 11 8.6 -1 3 n/a 747 n/aShimadzu 39.05 10 7 45.7 3.4 8.9 85 38 606 7.4 1153 7 15 139.8 3 10 8246 4 4 4.7 6 3 14 1287 26Yaskawa Electric 38.19 2 5 100.7 2.5 4.7 38 -7 n/a 2.5 1528 18 30 200.5 18 n/a 7620 0 n/a 5.0 2 n/a 24 1546 61Nippon Paper 37.33 6 11 16.5 0.6 5.4 226 -8 114 3.9 5822 -1 5 422.7 8 14 13774 -8 -8 2.7 16 20 n/a 2497 7Meiji Dairies 37.30 2 n/a 41.7 1.0 3.6 89 8 n/a 2.5 3578 0 n/a 485.5 2 n/a 7370 -1 n/a 5.1 3 n/a n/a 1159 19Shimizu 35.90 -6 -6 18.7 0.5 1.1 192 19 17 2.6 7325 -4 -7 600.9 n/a n/a 12190 n/a n/a 2.9 n/a n/a n/a 2492 2Nippon Paint 34.68 -5 n/a 69.9 3.5 6.6 50 -14 9 5.0 1001 2 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 705 21Yakult Honsha 33.44 5 23 28.5 2.7 6.1 117 -1 18 9.6 1221 4 6 87.4 7 2 13982 -3 3 2.4 8 14 n/a 2700 30Tokai Rubber Industries 33.17 1 7 35.9 3.1 10.9 92 -6 43 8.5 1087 11 23 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 893 n/aShowa 32.58 -16 -5 40.3 2.8 6.3 81 15 35 7.0 1153 6 25 133.6 -7 -9 8629 14 29 3.8 -26 -30 42 737 16Sysmex 32.12 17 43 74.4 8.5 11.6 43 41 124 11.4 380 17 47 121.9 9 4 3115 7 40 10.3 9 0 n/a 1256 37Kureha Chemical Industry (now Kureha) 31.87 1 5 73.9 5.0 14.2 43 24 103 6.7 644 -3 -7 169.7 -2 1 3793 -2 -8 8.4 3 14 n/a 490 3Ulvac 31.50 32 23 49.3 3.2 11.6 64 63 115 6.6 971 25 41 240.0 14 n/a 4048 9 n/a 7.8 21 n/a 3 722 21Amada 31.49 -11 2 38.9 3.2 5.8 81 269 292 8.2 992 22 21 199.4 18 7 4977 4 13 6.3 -14 -10 29 2464 40Electric Power Development 31.49 -5 5 6.0 1.1 10.8 527 -16 -7 18.0 2933 4 4 495.1 3 19 5925 1 -14 5.3 -6 20 n/a 3578 n/a164 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 165