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 £mStryker, USA 256 162.98 33 5.7 18 122.90 104.96 82.36 82.77Kyowa Hakko Kogyo, Japan 257 162.25 14 9.3 33 141.95 144.14 152.65 144.57Murata Manufacturing, Japan 258 162.10 -4 7.7 37 168.60 155.10 155.92 150.72Cummins, USA 259 161.93 15 2.8 20 140.38 116.50 113.58 118.83China Petroleum & Chemical, China 260 161.90 48 0.3 30 109.57 152.37 109.28 93.83Gilead Sciences, USA 261 161.77 24 13.7 33 130.21 96.04 78.49 108.08Vale Do Rio Doce, Brazil 262 161.35 47 2.2 26 109.74 62.10 36.91 25.19Atmel, USA 263 161.12 12 16.5 37 144.13 144.24 147.46 156.14Dana, USA 264 160.18 2 2.8 2 156.69 146.79 167.17 151.45Electrolux, Sweden 265 160.07 7 1.7 19 150.19 121.94 132.91 131.23Lundbeck, Denmark 266 159.72 35 19.1 33 118.42 168.63 134.85 132.03Samsung Electro-Mechanics, South Korea 267 159.63 23 12.4 8 129.69 n/a n/a n/aRohm, Japan 268 159.62 3 8.8 37 154.87 157.07 105.82 102.81Cerner, USA 269 159.59 19 23.6 35 134.26 104.85 87.36 66.33Rohm & Haas, USA 270 159.02 3 3.4 5 154.36 138.63 151.45 133.97Becton Dickinson, USA 271 158.22 15 5.0 18 137.26 136.92 175.65 123.39Carl Zeiss, Germany 272 158.03 10 10.4 18 143.60 130.55 127.80 100.32Liebherr, Switzerland 272 158.03 15 5.0 20 137.42 n/a n/a n/aShin-Etsu Chemical, Japan 274 157.94 15 2.8 5 137.81 129.94 134.63 139.21BMC Software, USA 275 156.86 -5 18.0 35 165.54 341.39 285.36 339.82Asahi Glass, Japan 276 156.47 -2 2.1 6 159.23 179.86 152.34 142.91Conexant Systems, USA 277 156.10 12 37.1 37 139.78 92.82 188.61 281.33Linde, Germany 278 155.97 21 2.4 5 129.17 122.99 118.18 115.66Goodrich, USA 279 155.46 7 4.9 1 144.92 130.01 101.64 86.91Hon Hai Precision Industry, Taiwan 280 154.90 24 1.0 8 125.37 85.06 67.96 40.20Ono Pharmaceutical, Japan 281 151.19 -1 21.1 33 152.48 150.10 139.91 113.75Toyota Industries, Japan 282 148.31 2 2.4 2 145.89 146.60 147.98 129.28Teijin, Japan 283 148.17 -9 3.3 5 162.02 147.46 157.25 149.41Behr, Germany 284 147.73 10 7.0 2 133.98 126.43 120.24 106.50UTStarcom, USA 285 147.45 13 8.6 37 130.68 92.88 50.20 34.84ICI, UK 286 147.00 0 2.5 5 147.00 156.00 148.00 153.00SK Telecom, South Korea 287 146.09 -7 2.4 27 157.51 135.86 111.98 75.31Shionogi, Japan 288 145.14 -1 14.8 33 147.11 154.39 151.03 144.38Novellus Systems, USA 289 144.06 -2 18.5 37 146.83 132.48 129.51 158.45Smiths, UK 290 143.60 5 4.8 1 136.80 129.70 116.50 109.50Colgate-Palmolive, USA 291 143.47 7 2.2 32 133.50 119.29 114.52 107.70Yokogawa Electric, Japan 292 143.11 7 7.5 8 133.21 124.53 94.94 94.66SunGard Data Systems, USA † 293 142.59 -4 6.3 35 147.95 120.98 101.49 100.43Accenture, Bermuda 294 141.80 -10 1.4 36 158.40 145.84 136.63 157.85Kirin Brewery, Japan 295 141.77 2 2.3 4 139.18 130.79 113.63 113.82Network Appliance, USA 296 141.54 42 11.8 37 99.63 76.80 65.74 67.99Rockwell Collins, USA 296 141.54 11 7.1 1 126.98 125.82 147.37 n/aZTE, China 298 141.44 -13 9.1 37 163.50 110.85 n/a n/aHalliburton, USA 299 140.38 -4 1.1 31 145.62 138.63 142.13 135.72Ajinomoto, Japan 300 140.32 1 2.7 12 139.03 130.91 133.25 129.60Comverse Technology, USA 301 140.29 7 25.1 37 130.60 143.28 184.25 144.27Western Digital, USA 302 138.92 19 6.6 37 117.08 78.46 69.97 71.36Agfa-Gevaert, Belgium 303 138.79 6 6.1 8 131.24 160.09 170.40 158.72ENI, Italy 303 138.79 -21 0.3 30 176.58 163.53 120.24 139.48Tanabe Seiyaku, Japan 305 137.14 13 16.2 33 121.43 115.71 103.11 97.26Benq, Taiwan 306 136.66 70 4.4 37 80.22 61.51 39.06 29.05Elan, Ireland 307 136.18 26 54.7 33 107.70 148.18 185.46 234.10Fuji Electric, Japan 308 134.36 -5 3.2 8 140.99 132.16 138.50 133.33Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Switzerland 309 133.03 5 4.1 5 127.29 124.19 129.94 121.98Gazprom, Russia 310 132.63 12 0.5 14 118.46 42.56 38.51 n/aOce, The Netherlands 311 132.41 -7 7.2 37 141.92 143.14 146.24 137.13Alcan, Canada 312 132.22 -5 1.1 21 139.21 81.55 66.99 78.64Cypress Semiconductor, USA 313 132.08 -13 25.6 37 152.39 146.45 167.70 155.83Dai Nippon Printing, Japan 314 130.22 1 1.9 25 128.56 118.92 115.32 121.72POSCO, South Korea 315 130.01 -19 0.9 21 159.71 147.34 116.46 147.75Teradyne, USA 316 129.90 -15 20.7 37 152.61 148.30 171.19 168.14Advantest, Japan 317 129.70 21 11.0 37 106.78 116.54 131.64 140.85Harman International Industries, USA 318 129.66 3 7.3 23 126.34 83.35 64.01 51.67Calsonic Kansei, Japan 319 128.29 2 3.7 2 126.14 110.49 102.23 95.82Take-Two Interactive Software, USA 319 128.29 50 18.3 23 85.77 14.62 6.71 3.61MediaTek, Taiwan 321 128.21 98 13.7 37 64.64 70.06 26.54 18.00—–––––—— 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 £mNidec, Japan 322 127.91 196 5.3 37 43.19 33.68 28.26 35.04ThyssenKrupp, Germany 323 127.80 -3 0.4 21 131.24 125.74 131.24 123.68Amadeus Global Travel, Spain † 324 125.18 19 7.6 39 105.27 99.64 86.30 89.06Brother Industries, Japan 325 124.60 15 4.4 8 108.53 105.60 103.87 89.29Mentor Graphics, USA 326 123.88 5 30.2 35 117.83 107.64 95.66 80.27Telecom Italia, Italy 327 123.68 29 0.6 10 95.51 95.51 n/a n/aJM Voith, Germany 328 122.99 20 5.0 16 102.38 92.76 95.51 94.82Altera, USA 329 122.18 16 18.7 37 105.15 104.00 106.46 99.53Human Genome Sciences, USA 330 122.09 -3 >999.9 33 125.65 106.78 117.56 77.74Royal & Sun Alliance, UK 331 122.00 4 1.9 29 117.00 n/a n/a n/aGillette, USA(now part of Procter & Gamble) 332 121.74 3 2.0 32 117.66 107.76 108.92 104.26Beckman Coulter, USA 333 121.68 4 8.5 18 116.50 113.18 107.12 110.44Daikin Industries, Japan 334 121.32 3 3.4 8 117.54 117.98 115.55 118.64Reuters, UK 335 121.00 -5 5.0 25 128.00 171.00 200.00 294.00Toyoda Gosei, Japan 336 120.92 8 5.6 2 112.03 n/a n/a 86.98Navistar International, USA 337 120.57 -4 2.2 20 125.82 126.98 124.07 131.64Deutsche Post, Germany 338 120.24 -40 0.4 22 199.26 107.19 166.96 96.19Pirelli, Italy 339 119.56 -12 2.7 2 136.05 140.17 150.47 162.84TRW Automotive, USA 340 118.24 17 1.6 2 101.35 95.76 n/a n/aNovell, USA 341 116.86 1 16.8 35 115.69 107.04 98.58 111.67Sandvik, Sweden 342 116.59 -5 2.5 20 122.30 122.67 111.03 96.54Tesco, UK 343 115.00 35 0.3 11 85.00 n/a n/a n/aTaisho Pharmaceutical, Japan 344 114.60 -4 8.3 33 119.29 145.72 158.97 164.84Storage Technology, USA(now part of Sun Microsystems) 345 114.58 -4 8.8 37 119.04 125.24 142.44 150.16Harley-Davidson, USA 346 113.88 5 3.5 2 108.17 97.16 89.24 47.01Freudenberg, Germany 347 113.71 12 3.4 16 101.97 96.06 68.57 n/aKansai Electric Power, Japan 348 113.61 -1 0.9 7 114.63 134.61 150.52 144.97SanDisk, USA 349 113.47 56 8.4 37 72.81 49.05 36.80 34.33Sekisui Chemical, Japan 350 113.38 -3 2.7 19 116.97 115.50 111.63 122.54Yamaha, Japan 351 113.28 2 4.3 23 111.06 110.75 111.23 104.42Lam Research, USA 352 113.07 14 12.9 37 99.30 93.48 104.39 132.37AlCoA, USA 353 113.00 7 0.7 21 106.01 113.00 124.65 118.24Kubota, Japan 354 112.18 3 2.2 16 108.39 114.80 130.31 148.97Dover, USA 355 111.95 2 3.2 16 109.68 92.44 98.15 102.23Lenovo, Hong Kong 356 111.94 293 1.4 37 28.48 37.53 23.60 8.92Invensys, UK 357 110.00 -11 4.1 8 124.00 165.00 222.00 265.00Diehl Stiftung, Germany 358 109.94 -1 9.7 16 111.31 115.02 110.62 122.30Toppan Printing, Japan 359 109.84 4 1.6 25 105.13 99.95 94.48 93.03LG Chem, South Korea 360 109.69 11 2.6 5 99.04 45.12 n/a n/aBaker Hughes, USA 361 109.62 7 2.6 31 102.92 100.94 96.40 75.49Namco, Japan (now part of Namco Bandai) 362 108.11 11 12.3 23 97.67 71.96 77.26 52.82Asustek Computer, Taiwan 363 107.98 83 1.7 37 59.02 40.91 32.71 25.18Scientific-Atlanta, USA(now part of Cisco Systems) 364 107.84 11 9.7 25 97.10 91.28 89.41 89.90Rheinmetall, Germany 365 107.19 3 4.5 2 104.44 129.86 142.92 135.36BEA Systems, USA 366 106.16 24 15.2 35 85.37 82.07 77.34 70.41Pierre Fabre, France 367 106.02 6 10.5 33 99.70 93.10 89.94 94.90Mattel, USA 368 106.01 6 3.5 23 99.60 97.49 92.90 102.30Kellogg, USA 369 105.43 22 1.8 12 86.73 73.80 61.98 64.19International Flavors & Fragrances, USA 370 104.74 3 9.0 32 102.04 92.78 83.89 78.78IHI, Japan 371 104.66 -6 1.9 20 110.83 108.85 123.81 111.75Winbond Electronic, Taiwan 372 103.65 23 20.4 37 84.39 85.93 104.34 139.90ITT Industries, USA 373 103.45 14 2.4 16 90.85 70.71 66.52 58.38McAfee, USA 374 102.72 2 17.9 35 100.60 107.53 86.67 85.45Fresenius, Germany 375 102.38 12 1.9 18 91.38 83.14 94.82 84.51Zimmer, USA 376 102.23 5 5.3 18 97.10 61.63 47.01 n/aReed Elsevier, UK 377 102.00 -7 2.0 25 110.00 n/a n/a n/aArvinMeritor, USA 378 101.93 12 1.8 2 90.87 97.27 76.89 79.22Bombardier, Canada 378 101.93 38 1.2 1 73.80 93.75 141.92 116.44Lear, USA 380 101.35 -12 1.0 2 115.10 99.66 102.52 115.68Nintendo, Japan 381 101.24 30 4.0 35 78.10 72.05 83.90 83.90Wacker-Chemie, Germany 382 100.93 -3 5.3 5 104.10 104.23 108.36 104.51General Mills, USA 383 100.77 3 1.5 12 97.86 92.03 86.79 76.31Sybase, USA 384 100.72 11 21.1 35 91.08 84.37 87.67 93.89174 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 175