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 continuedDisco 31.35 2 88 48.1 9.2 13.1 65 44 274 19.2 340 14 57 197.5 11 36 1721 3 5 18.2 -1 66 17 1097 40Sumitomo Heavy Industries 31.18 1 n/a 14.9 1.2 3.2 210 95 >999 8.2 2573 8 5 230.8 10 12 11149 -1 -7 2.8 2 n/a n/a 3010 52Tokyo Seimitsu 31.09 14 49 87.9 7.4 9.5 35 n/a 367 8.5 418 36 56 365.6 31 54 1144 4 2 27.2 10 47 16 1062 9Kaken Pharmaceutical 30.95 -1 13 97.8 8.4 10.2 32 17 17 8.6 370 3 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 465 16Sekisui House 30.55 7 3 8.5 0.4 3.6 359 800 48 4.8 7412 9 13 456.9 34 n/a 16223 -19 n/a 1.9 31 n/a n/a 6214 41Meidensha 30.53 -9 -20 >999.9 3.3 5.3 0 -98 n/a 0.1 915 2 -3 137.4 12 11 6662 -8 -13 4.6 -1 -8 n/a 462 28Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha 30.48 4 3 77.6 6.4 11.8 39 28 71 8.2 476 3 3 250.0 -4 -2 1905 7 5 16.0 -3 -1 n/a 322 -29West Japan Railway 30.45 2 10 4.2 0.5 12.4 729 10 12 12.1 6025 0 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5056 27Nissin Kogyo 30.05 10 33 44.4 4.3 11.3 68 9 8 9.7 696 13 25 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 782 65Ibiden 29.51 21 13 32.4 2.4 10.5 91 7 69 7.5 1222 12 17 154.8 n/a n/a 7891 n/a n/a 3.7 n/a n/a 23 4395 n/aCentral Glass 29.23 9 16 30.2 3.0 10.0 97 -8 15 10.1 958 7 7 217.7 n/a n/a 4403 n/a n/a 6.6 n/a n/a 15 698 -12Nihon Unisys 29.04 -15 -21 68.2 1.9 3.7 43 n/a 385 2.8 1524 0 0 175.7 0 3 8675 -1 -3 3.3 -14 -19 n/a 1048 71Taiheiyo Cement 29.03 -2 -17 15.7 0.7 4.5 185 4 >999 4.3 4307 -1 -8 246.5 3 n/a 17469 -3 n/a 1.7 1 n/a 9 2123 19Mitsui Mining & Smelting 29.02 99 143 14.0 1.3 8.9 207 136 106 9.6 2162 11 12 222.9 8 3 9701 3 8 3.0 93 124 13 1872 9Aruze 28.96 20 16 n/m 8.1 13.6 -7 -131 -104 -1.9 358 -28 -47 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 853 n/aTokyo Ohka Kogyo 28.62 -14 0 70.4 6.5 10.1 41 -5 60 9.3 439 7 14 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 15 677 9Toyama Chemical 28.44 12 9 354.0 36.1 38.5 8 n/a n/a 10.2 79 -5 -43 82.4 -10 -13 958 5 -35 29.7 6 57 n/a 762 77Daiwa House Industry 28.20 1 3 9.0 0.4 4.5 315 -10 n/a 4.7 6741 12 18 341.0 1 n/a 19770 11 n/a 1.4 -9 n/a n/a 5656 45Mitsui 27.87 -6 60 2.9 0.2 5.0 960 124 139 5.5 17400 18 33 455.4 23 -17 38210 -4 23 0.7 -3 21 n/a 14900 53Horiba 27.82 10 22 74.7 6.1 9.3 37 41 77 8.2 456 9 17 114.6 4 7 3984 5 9 7.0 5 12 58 746 33NOF 27.64 -3 -1 61.6 4.2 10.7 45 24 159 6.8 660 -3 -3 192.0 -54 n/a 3437 111 n/a 8.0 -54 n/a n/a 698 53Shikoku Electric Power 27.57 -6 -19 9.4 1.0 11.5 293 -1 -10 10.3 2844 3 -3 326.4 -3 n/a 8714 5 n/a 3.2 -11 n/a n/a 3327 8Nippon Light Metal 27.33 15 19 23.1 1.0 3.7 118 23 201 4.3 2765 5 5 213.9 n/a n/a 12927 n/a n/a 2.1 n/a n/a n/a 807 1Kansai Paint 27.31 -7 -9 31.8 2.8 5.3 86 20 79 8.8 971 6 8 152.0 -2 n/a 6388 9 n/a 4.3 -14 n/a 2 1218 15Ichikoh Industries 26.83 8 14 n/m 4.6 13.4 -6 n/m -154 -1.0 583 -1 3 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 9 158 2Tsumura 26.51 -1 9 52.3 6.3 10.0 51 -2 >999 12.1 419 3 9 151.5 n/a n/a 2763 n/a n/a 9.6 n/a n/a n/a 1111 36Nippon Soda 26.34 6 n/a 136.7 3.7 6.7 19 49 n/a 2.7 712 7 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 10 398 56Suzuken 25.44 12 18 22.9 0.4 1.0 111 -21 8 1.7 6569 11 29 632.5 1 0 10385 10 29 2.5 2 -9 n/a 2119 47Noritz 25.30 21 15 64.8 2.9 5.8 39 -15 20 4.5 869 3 6 182.3 27 3 4765 -19 1 5.3 49 12 n/a 525 n/aToagosei 24.83 -4 -8 47.8 3.5 8.7 52 62 408 7.3 712 9 6 274.2 15 18 2597 -5 -10 9.6 1 2 3 583 -27GS Yuasa 24.70 n/a n/a n/m 2.1 6.1 -13 n/a n/a -1.1 1183 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 521 n/aDaifuku 24.53 17 13 51.4 3.0 4.8 48 204 >999 5.8 820 20 21 220.8 13 14 3716 6 6 6.6 11 6 7 926 n/aSanden 24.39 12 20 72.5 2.1 8.2 34 -42 20 2.9 1150 3 10 149.0 0 7 7718 4 2 3.2 8 18 n/a n/l n/lJuki 23.94 4 -7 55.0 3.8 6.3 43 73 119 6.9 631 6 4 82.6 -17 n/a 7642 27 n/a 3.1 -18 n/a n/a 402 32Sumitomo Metal Mining 23.75 12 22 8.3 1.0 8.8 287 119 >999 12.0 2392 21 33 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 4741 n/aKeyence 23.68 13 23 6.5 3.4 4.5 363 22 64 52.8 688 19 43 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6405 -1Nihon Kohden 23.65 2 11 64.1 5.7 8.1 37 27 221 8.9 414 1 13 152.0 -2 4 2721 2 5 8.7 0 3 n/a 460 4Nichias 23.26 2 n/a 51.1 3.9 7.6 46 8 n/a 7.7 594 13 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/l n/lAloka 22.66 -14 -10 15.8 9.9 10.9 143 >999 968 62.7 228 2 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 205 n/aSumco 22.46 7 n/a 5.6 2.1 208.5 400 207 n/a 36.7 1088 14 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 4184 n/aHeiwa 22.39 0 12 31.5 3.5 6.5 71 25 5 11.2 632 8 23 664.7 11 15 951 -2 7 23.5 2 4 n/a 892 -9Secom 22.06 9 -8 5.8 0.8 8.8 380 65 26 14.0 2726 5 13 100.1 n/a n/a 27222 n/a n/a 0.8 n/a n/a 0 6571 n/aHirose Electric 21.60 23 27 14.4 4.9 10.9 150 18 44 34.0 442 13 23 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 11 2915 n/aKurita Water Industries 20.87 -1 -9 26.5 2.6 6.3 79 20 36 9.9 794 10 10 234.8 10 12 3382 0 0 6.2 -1 -8 1 1470 n/aShindengen Electric Manufacturing 20.81 -15 -29 114.4 4.7 11.1 18 482 n/a 4.1 439 6 -4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 9 263 n/aMabuchi Motor 20.71 4 14 56.7 4.5 10.2 37 -58 -67 7.9 464 -5 -12 10.0 1 -6 46412 -7 -6 0.4 12 21 23 1765 n/aUshio 20.60 24 20 20.0 3.5 10.6 103 38 121 17.5 588 20 32 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 24 1782 n/aHitachi Zosen 20.26 0 -24 56.2 1.2 15.4 36 n/a n/a 2.2 1667 0 -17 206.3 0 -5 8079 0 -13 2.5 1 -13 3 393 n/aMakita 20.16 0 8 12.3 2.1 5.5 164 152 235 17.1 961 6 13 112.3 n/a n/a 8560 n/a n/a 2.4 n/a n/a n/a 2633 n/aSanyo Chemical Industries 20.12 5 0 64.5 4.4 14.3 31 21 2 6.8 461 10 14 329.4 10 13 1400 0 0 14.4 5 1 5 489 n/aKomori 19.68 2 n/a 39.5 3.6 6.3 50 27 30 9.0 552 8 11 239.9 8 12 2300 0 -1 8.6 3 n/a 43 896 n/aHokkaido Electric Power 19.51 -4 -17 4.7 0.8 17.3 412 4 9 16.0 2578 1 -1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2999 n/aExedy 19.47 -1 0 42.3 2.9 10.9 46 -8 19 6.8 673 11 21 102.6 -6 -6 6558 18 29 3.0 -16 -23 19 835 n/aISEKI 19.44 3 n/a 71.5 2.5 5.7 27 -7 68 3.5 777 2 -1 116.6 2 n/a 6665 0 n/a 2.9 3 n/a 9 372 n/a3.7 Malaysia 53.51 -36.0 n/a 46.8 4.1 14.6 114 53.8 n/a 8.8 1307 31.1 n/a 118.9 6.7 n/a 11000 22.8 n/a 4.9 -47.9 n/a n/a 426 -45.1Proton Holdings Berhad 53.51 -36.0 n/a 46.8 4.1 14.6 114 53.8 n/a 8.8 1307 31.1 n/a 118.9 6.7 n/a 11000 22.8 n/a 4.9 -47.9 n/a n/a 426 -45.13.8 Singapore 47.95 18.4 49.3 n/m 6.7 9.5 -42 -264.5 -554.4 -5.9 713 50.3 37.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 267 -25.5Creative Technology 47.95 18.4 49.3 n/m 6.7 9.5 -42 -264.5 -554.4 -5.9 713 50.3 37.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 267 -25.53.9 South Africa 20.85 -42.5 -64.3 1.6 0.3 19.2 1344 58.2 23.5 21.1 6359 15.1 21.7 211.9 18.6 25.8 30004 -2.9 -3.2 0.7 -40.8 -63 n/a 14660 8.0Sasol 20.85 -42.5 -64.3 1.6 0.3 19.2 1344 58.2 23.5 21.1 6359 15.1 21.7 211.9 18.6 25.8 30004 -2.9 -3.2 0.7 -40.8 -63 n/a 14660 8.0166 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 167