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

Ranking of the top 1250 global companies by R&D investmentRanking of the top 1250 global companies by R&D investment—–––––—— 2005/06 R&D investment —–––––—— ——––––––—– Previous R&D investment ——––––––—–change sales 2004/05 2003/04 2002/03 2001/02Company Rank £m 1 yr % % Industry £m £m £m £mSerono, Switzerland 130 354.09 -1 23.5 33 356.85 283.96 208.59 179.73Yamaha Motor, Japan 131 353.44 5 5.2 2 337.89 309.73 276.38 241.48Rolls-Royce, UK 132 352.00 25 5.3 1 282.00 281.00 297.00 358.00Micron Technology, USA 133 351.64 -20 12.4 37 439.71 382.34 326.95 285.12UCB, Belgium 134 351.11 42 20.2 33 248.04 185.52 147.53 123.94Google, USA 135 349.20 52 9.8 35 230.18 133.74 23.59 n/aGuidant, USA(now part of Boston Scientific) 136 348.32 16 16.8 18 300.56 301.96 254.84 222.16Thales, France 137 346.02 16 4.9 1 299.57 261.58 295.52 297.03Monsanto, USA 138 342.50 15 9.3 5 297.65 306.97 n/a n/aRoyal Dutch Shell, UK 138 342.50 6 0.2 30 322.11 340.17 274.93 225.42Yahoo!, USA 140 342.22 52 11.2 35 225.86 120.75 90.09 73.45L'Oreal, France 141 340.94 -2 3.4 32 348.36 329.81 321.56 296.83Mitsubishi Motors, Japan 142 339.42 0 3.2 2 339.90 384.73 n/a n/aRoyal Bank of Scotland, UK 143 329.00 9 1.3 3 303.00 n/a n/a n/aSolvay, Belgium 144 327.74 12 5.3 5 293.39 288.58 281.71 245.98Konica Minolta, Japan 145 325.69 34 6.2 23 242.33 149.58 143.96 131.63SAFRAN, France 146 322.94 n/a 5.4 1 n/a 428.75 427.37 332.56ALTANA, Germany 147 319.47 4 14.2 33 305.79 282.99 253.63 195.58Amazon.com, USA 148 315.12 65 6.4 17 190.46 167.38 161.08 142.06Northrop Grumman, USA 149 313.37 7 1.8 1 293.57 232.99 236.49 199.21Pioneer, Japan 150 313.10 13 8.1 8 275.86 254.08 224.00 192.72Apple Computer, USA 151 311.04 9 3.8 37 284.83 274.35 259.79 250.47Baxter International, USA 152 310.46 3 5.4 18 301.14 322.11 291.82 248.72Deutsche Telekom, Germany 153 297.51 0 0.7 10 298.20 618.39 618.39 618.39Schlumberger, USA 154 294.45 8 3.5 31 272.22 323.93 378.63 410.26Raytheon, USA 155 292.99 2 2.3 1 286.00 283.67 341.92 276.68BP, UK 156 292.40 14 0.2 30 255.71 203.29 217.27 224.25Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical(now Astellas Pharma), Japan 157 290.39 -16 13.2 33 345.86 330.03 321.62 269.30Analog Devices, USA 158 289.55 -3 20.8 37 298.07 262.25 246.90 270.67Daiichi Pharmaceutical, Japan(now part of Daiichi Sankyo) 159 283.36 -3 17.5 33 291.42 263.42 239.46 197.36Genzyme, USA 160 281.04 27 17.6 33 220.90 184.05 170.74 145.04AREVA, France 161 280.34 1 4.0 7 276.21 195.82 228.12 259.04Sumitomo Electric, Japan 162 278.74 2 3.2 8 272.80 240.05 239.07 220.95Electricite de France, France 163 276.21 -5 0.8 7 292.02 261.78 296.83 287.21Dell, USA 164 269.69 0 0.8 37 269.69 192.22 185.81 186.98Agere Systems, USA 165 269.11 -7 27.6 37 288.91 272.02 403.66 n/aKyocera, Japan 166 268.46 17 4.6 37 230.13 233.28 199.38 173.36Lagardere, France 167 260.41 18 2.9 25 220.56 226.74 218.50 213.00Corning, USA 168 258.04 25 9.7 37 206.78 200.37 281.34 367.54Fuji Heavy Industries, Japan 169 256.84 -10 3.6 2 283.97 296.65 270.96 230.09Asahi Kasei, Japan 170 250.29 5 3.7 5 238.96 243.36 244.66 245.61Mitsubishi Pharma, Japan(now part of Mitsubishi Chemical) 171 249.14 0 21.6 33 249.36 238.22 169.34 93.82Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Taiwan 172 248.59 12 5.2 37 221.99 225.47 207.95 188.87Komatsu, Japan 173 247.80 8 3.0 20 229.23 210.25 192.60 217.56Cadence Design Systems, USA 174 246.59 9 31.8 35 227.03 210.14 225.52 174.85Chiron, USA(now part of Novartis, Switzerland) 175 245.11 2 21.9 33 240.61 227.89 189.77 195.31HSBC, UK 176 244.64 34 0.7 3 182.90 n/a n/a n/aOmron, Japan 177 244.00 6 8.1 8 229.46 198.57 204.35 209.81Johnson Controls, USA 178 241.73 -19 1.5 2 299.98 281.92 255.71 198.63Forest Laboratories, USA 179 239.07 40 14.7 33 171.05 143.56 119.34 91.91Telstra, Australia 180 235.87 20 2.4 10 196.98 254.67 237.15 314.06Olympus, Japan 181 235.51 23 5.9 8 190.85 171.42 150.41 152.24Vivendi Universal (now Vivendi), France 182 233.61 75 1.7 25 133.30 116.81 80.39 162.84Petroleo Brasiliero, Brazil 183 232.41 61 0.7 30 144.46 117.08 85.62 76.89LSI Logic, USA 184 231.43 -6 20.7 37 245.52 252.04 266.40 293.05PetroChina, China 185 230.61 9 0.6 30 211.92 174.02 130.36 136.85Avaya, USA 186 229.50 13 8.0 37 202.70 211.44 267.36 312.21Allergan, USA 187 227.75 13 16.9 33 201.31 177.07 135.78 146.96Unisys, USA 188 226.93 -6 6.8 35 241.09 247.09 240.68 272.78ASML, The Netherlands 189 226.06 -1 13.0 37 227.40 197.00 205.03 280.49Korea Electric Power, South Korea 190 225.20 8 1.5 7 207.89 170.77 199.28 271.68—–––––—— 2005/06 R&D investment —–––––—— ——––––––—– Previous R&D investment ——––––––—–change sales 2004/05 2003/04 2002/03 2001/02Company Rank £m 1 yr % % Industry £m £m £m £mAutoliv, Sweden 191 224.72 5 6.2 2 214.59 177.89 133.85 116.96MedImmune, USA 192 224.02 18 30.9 33 190.65 91.05 83.96 48.34Henkel, Germany 193 222.62 19 2.7 19 186.89 176.58 177.96 235.67Danaher, USA 194 220.76 29 4.7 8 171.25 120.57 101.35 69.32Tokyo Electron, Japan 195 216.60 -1 6.9 37 217.89 247.37 265.64 261.12St Jude Medical, USA 196 215.07 31 12.7 18 164.22 140.43 116.69 95.59Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Israel 197 214.88 9 7.0 33 197.11 124.36 96.11 62.48Adobe Systems, USA 198 212.80 17 18.6 35 181.32 161.34 143.34 130.55eBay, USA 199 212.77 30 9.8 17 164.23 101.83 69.98 43.85Goodyear, USA 200 212.61 -3 1.9 2 220.29 204.10 221.34 218.72Seiko Epson, Japan 201 211.73 4 2.9 8 203.03 211.16 202.33 195.42LG Philips LCD, South Korea 202 210.58 -12 3.6 8 240.12 160.89 130.40 n/aTeliaSonera, Sweden 203 210.42 3 3.3 10 203.69 186.12 85.41 95.37Saint-Gobain, France 204 209.56 0 0.9 6 208.88 210.25 214.37 219.87Juniper Networks, USA 205 207.02 49 17.2 37 138.84 102.58 94.30 90.59Cephalon, USA 206 206.68 30 29.3 33 159.58 99.18 74.72 49.07Vodafone, UK 207 206.00 -6 0.6 27 219.00 171.00 164.00 110.00Sega Sammy, Japan 208 205.25 n/a 8.1 35 n/a n/a n/a n/aNvidia, USA 209 205.09 5 14.8 37 195.19 157.25 130.98 89.66Scania, Sweden 210 203.10 20 4.3 20 168.56 157.58 151.21 143.09General Dynamics, USA 211 200.37 5 1.6 1 191.64 164.26 147.37 118.24Tellabs, USA 211 200.37 37 18.3 37 145.80 166.65 195.25 247.82Japan Tobacco, Japan 213 200.08 -4 0.9 38 208.39 219.67 260.09 232.36DSM, The Netherlands 214 199.26 1 3.5 5 196.51 184.14 186.20 204.76Kla-Tencor, USA 215 198.20 21 16.3 37 163.47 156.27 167.41 207.23Whirlpool, USA 216 197.46 8 2.4 19 183.48 189.31 164.26 134.55Kao, Japan 217 196.24 3 4.2 32 190.03 186.12 185.28 182.84Intuit, USA 218 196.06 -3 16.5 35 202.13 149.01 130.95 120.62Lexmark, USA 219 195.95 8 6.4 37 182.14 154.77 144.40 143.41Dassault Aviation, France 220 195.52 1 8.3 1 194.36 n/a n/a n/aNational Semiconductor, USA 221 193.97 -6 17.4 37 205.50 253.73 256.87 253.73Applera, USA 222 192.65 -12 17.9 33 219.63 188.38 222.45 188.38Maxim Integrated Products, USA 223 191.15 7 19.6 37 178.43 158.62 160.50 163.23Hynix Semiconductor, South Korea 224 190.92 -16 5.6 37 228.00 201.69 233.38 n/aATI Technologies, Canada 225 190.48 21 14.7 37 157.22 124.05 95.88 87.06Xilinx, USA 226 189.96 6 18.9 37 179.08 144.23 129.39 119.26Textron, USA 227 189.89 6 3.2 16 178.82 148.53 120.57 213.19Synopsys, USA 228 186.39 11 32.3 35 167.74 168.04 132.30 110.57Kimberly-Clark, USA 229 186.10 14 2.0 32 162.92 163.44 168.34 172.01Marconi (now Telent), UK 230 186.00 -6 13.9 37 197.00 327.00 628.00 669.00NCR, USA 231 185.81 -2 5.3 37 190.47 176.49 173.00 170.67Millennium Pharmaceuticals, USA 232 185.64 20 57.1 33 155.17 184.53 196.59 58.07Chevron, USA 233 184.06 31 0.2 30 140.96 138.63 128.73 121.74JFE, Japan 234 183.55 2 1.3 21 180.28 163.43 n/a n/aMarvell Technology, Bermuda 235 182.24 18 18.7 37 154.78 125.99 87.64 n/aToray Industries, Japan 236 181.53 3 2.8 5 176.33 175.96 183.65 191.44Hella, Germany 237 181.46 54 8.6 2 117.97 115.36 103.34 92.41ALSTOM, France 238 180.02 -22 1.9 8 230.86 325.00 427.37 395.36PPG Industries, USA 239 179.99 2 3.0 5 176.49 168.92 159.02 164.84TDK, Japan 240 179.38 5 5.5 8 170.24 157.24 190.65 182.45Dassault Systemes, France 241 177.93 17 27.7 35 152.44 148.14 153.24 143.77Schwarz Pharma, Germany 242 177.91 31 26.1 33 136.27 98.96 85.36 73.51Emerson Electric, USA 243 176.49 -38 1.8 8 283.09 299.39 308.71 345.93Autodesk, USA 244 175.68 26 19.8 35 139.45 121.94 100.76 98.19Tokyo Electric Power, Japan 245 173.62 -5 0.7 7 182.45 199.10 236.78 281.68Thomson, France 246 172.46 -9 3.5 25 190.33 202.69 256.97 252.85Mitsui Chemicals, Japan 247 172.14 6 2.8 5 162.34 183.16 192.53 180.35Maxtor, USA(now part of Seagate Technology, Cayman Islands) 248 170.99 -9 7.5 37 188.26 206.23 233.58 253.92United Microelectronics, Taiwan 249 170.86 31 9.6 37 130.60 103.91 130.68 158.91Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, Germany 250 169.57 1 6.9 20 167.51 250.97 268.70 316.88Shire, UK 251 167.26 49 18.0 33 112.53 128.38 119.34 99.47Eaton, USA 252 167.17 10 2.6 16 152.03 129.89 118.24 132.81Nikon, Japan 253 165.63 11 5.3 37 148.87 135.75 134.79 112.49McKesson, USA 254 165.42 23 0.3 11 134.84 134.20 194.02 151.56Legrand, France 255 163.94 2 7.3 8 160.71 n/a n/a 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