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 £mProtein Design Labs(now PDL Biopharma), USA 385 100.21 40 61.5 33 71.39 48.19 33.77 30.39Pitney Bowes, USA 386 100.07 6 3.1 37 94.27 85.78 82.29 77.53Ipsen, France 387 99.23 17 18.3 33 84.52 93.61 89.95 79.02RF Micro Devices, USA 388 98.36 8 21.9 37 91.14 74.65 59.26 43.36Givaudan, Switzerland 389 97.23 6 7.9 32 91.93 95.91 91.05 88.39Kobe Steel, Japan 390 97.22 16 1.4 21 83.55 87.83 108.84 111.94L'Air Liquide, France 391 96.95 -5 1.4 5 102.24 64.79 63.28 61.91Banca Intesa, Italy 392 96.88 n/a 1.5 3 n/a n/a n/a n/aOKI Electric, Japan 393 96.80 -11 2.9 37 108.51 79.54 75.10 111.39Clariant, Switzerland 394 96.35 -20 2.7 5 121.10 136.13 155.57 180.77Bandai, Japan (now part of Namco Bandai) 395 96.28 6 7.2 23 90.98 73.44 70.62 68.14Tatung, Taiwan 396 95.94 267 2.6 8 26.18 25.09 60.04 53.40Tektronix, USA 397 95.22 25 15.8 37 75.95 58.91 70.65 89.19Arcelor, Luxembourg 398 94.82 2 0.4 21 92.76 97.57 107.87 90.70Koito Manufacturing, Japan 399 94.76 n/a 5.3 2 n/a 87.35 94.63 83.86Business Objects, France 400 94.68 8 15.1 35 87.70 55.57 43.68 32.18Bausch & Lomb, USA 401 94.65 8 7.3 18 87.31 74.79 71.06 70.77Ingersoll-Rand, Bermuda 402 94.60 9 1.5 20 86.91 118.77 116.90 125.47Eastman Chemical, USA 403 94.36 -4 2.3 5 97.86 109.51 103.10 93.20Quanta Computer, Taiwan 404 94.19 81 1.1 8 52.10 44.98 33.58 23.81Bouygues, France 405 94.13 1 0.6 6 93.45 58.40 219.18 131.92BorgWarner, USA 406 93.78 31 3.8 2 71.70 68.85 63.55 60.87Japan Radio, Japan 407 92.61 -6 8.2 8 98.70 99.98 111.80 110.09Compuware, USA 408 92.51 -8 13.2 35 100.59 101.90 90.09 67.35Atlas Copco, Sweden 409 92.29 -1 2.4 20 93.32 85.27 88.71 81.02Rhodia, France 410 92.07 -22 2.5 5 117.49 139.48 138.11 135.36Research In Motion, Canada 411 91.82 56 7.6 37 58.94 36.49 32.57 21.81Statoil, Norway 412 91.70 4 0.3 30 88.35 86.37 63.32 54.45Knorr-Bremse, Germany 413 91.11 7 4.8 20 85.20 82.45 81.76 72.83Casio Computer, Japan 414 89.84 10 3.1 23 82.00 70.02 69.66 69.51BioMerieux, France 415 89.80 3 13.2 18 87.12 90.08 81.28 65.96Misys, UK 416 89.70 -1 9.1 35 90.70 88.40 90.40 84.50Thermo Electron, USA 417 88.99 13 5.8 18 78.45 85.27 90.36 99.96Skyworks Solutions, USA 418 88.66 0 19.2 37 88.91 88.40 77.24 64.69Merial, UK 419 88.30 7 7.7 33 82.54 77.88 76.25 75.02GKN, UK 420 88.00 -1 2.4 2 89.00 81.00 82.00 98.00Hasbro, USA 421 87.71 -4 4.9 23 91.54 83.40 89.57 73.18RWE, Germany 422 87.26 -1 0.3 14 87.95 299.57 298.89 446.61Celgene, USA 423 87.08 6 27.8 33 82.04 62.63 44.74 23.01Danisco, Denmark 424 86.87 69 4.5 12 51.31 46.61 47.53 42.74AU Optronics, Taiwan 425 86.59 -3 2.2 8 88.88 60.06 39.61 32.92Dainippon Pharmaceutical(now Dainippon Sumitomo Pharmaceutical), Japan 426 86.09 10 10.0 33 78.61 75.10 64.77 62.01Hilti, Liechtenstein 427 86.05 6 5.4 6 80.88 60.68 59.49 59.71Danone, France 428 85.89 -5 0.9 12 90.01 89.32 91.38 86.57Showa Denko, Japan 429 85.79 -1 2.1 5 86.74 83.81 76.21 76.23Kerry, Ireland 430 85.71 12 2.8 12 76.21 60.72 53.93 40.31Furukawa Electric, Japan 431 84.85 -10 2.2 20 94.09 122.86 114.24 91.06Brunswick, USA 432 84.29 10 2.4 23 76.36 68.85 59.88 55.86Sepracor, USA 433 84.17 -10 17.6 33 93.18 128.28 142.01 134.72Amdocs, UK 434 84.14 14 7.1 35 73.63 69.46 72.28 61.63Kaneka, Japan 435 83.22 7 3.6 5 77.70 71.35 68.96 68.39Meiji Seika Kaisha, Japan 436 83.17 1 4.6 12 82.36 87.54 92.97 86.86Nitto Denko, Japan 437 82.61 6 3.3 17 78.08 68.36 64.42 61.31Dade Behring, USA 438 82.42 6 8.5 33 78.05 68.44 50.72 48.75Exelixis, USA 439 82.21 2 185.8 33 80.22 74.34 65.25 48.17Sage, UK 440 81.61 10 10.5 35 74.39 57.98 57.83 50.07Pantech & Curitel, South Korea 441 81.34 19 8.3 27 68.43 n/a n/a n/aShiseido, Japan 442 81.19 -2 2.5 32 82.72 86.83 85.38 83.90Hospira, USA 443 80.87 16 5.6 33 69.66 n/a n/a n/aRockwell Automation, USA 444 80.73 14 2.8 8 70.89 75.72 76.31 98.44International Game Technology, USA 445 80.62 7 5.8 39 75.30 55.30 46.75 36.42ARM, UK 446 80.27 47 34.5 37 54.67 48.13 50.00 38.92Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Japan 447 80.24 3 3.2 2 77.63 69.38 67.10 69.23Harris, USA 448 79.97 23 4.6 37 64.83 58.02 60.52 66.29—–––––—— 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 £mCiena, USA 449 79.94 -33 32.1 37 119.62 123.79 148.70 137.37Nissan Diesel Motor, Japan 450 79.78 5 3.5 20 75.97 67.22 62.58 61.79Ivax, USA(now part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Israel) 451 79.33 -4 6.0 33 82.48 63.11 44.29 51.27Palm, USA 452 79.19 51 8.6 37 52.31 40.41 64.43 82.14Medarex, USA 453 79.13 11 264.0 33 71.07 55.60 48.13 22.50JSR, Japan 454 79.11 6 5.2 5 74.48 69.19 65.47 25.62Chubu Electric Power, Japan 455 79.07 -9 0.8 7 86.84 90.75 98.82 106.12Vattenfall, Sweden 456 78.83 33 0.8 7 59.36 34.99 35.57 45.09Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Japan 457 78.55 6 1.6 5 73.93 63.68 63.24 59.31Essilor International, France 458 77.98 6 4.7 18 73.66 71.46 59.78 54.97Black & Decker, USA 459 77.94 13 2.1 19 69.08 58.48 56.44 57.61Lubrizol, USA 459 77.94 24 3.3 5 63.08 54.70 54.46 51.03Molex, USA 461 77.82 12 5.2 8 69.33 68.14 65.10 78.40Air Products and Chemicals, USA 462 77.30 5 1.6 5 73.80 70.54 70.25 71.35Federal-Mogul, USA 462 77.30 -3 2.1 2 79.86 71.70 64.42 67.04Umicore, Belgium 464 76.96 26 1.6 21 61.15 28.86 20.52 n/aEast Japan Railway, Japan 465 76.89 -2 0.6 22 78.15 75.56 66.86 65.97Activision, USA 466 76.76 52 9.0 23 50.41 57.00 33.18 23.86Linear Technology, USA 467 76.56 26 12.5 37 60.94 53.24 46.51 59.70Nanya Technology, Taiwan 468 76.43 0 8.6 37 76.43 61.72 39.27 14.15Brocade Communications, USA 469 76.27 -12 22.8 37 87.08 84.51 77.01 64.51Chi Mei Optoelectronic, Taiwan 470 76.25 56 2.7 8 48.91 36.18 26.73 n/aDST Systems, USA 471 76.19 -44 5.2 35 135.08 107.00 85.39 116.85Parker Hannifin, USA 472 76.06 38 1.6 20 55.14 54.26 63.54 66.99Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea 473 76.04 13 0.9 22 67.23 57.99 52.26 46.17Actelion, Switzerland 474 75.78 26 25.8 33 60.24 34.99 26.43 34.33Tchibo, Germany 475 74.89 8 1.2 11 69.40 n/a n/a n/aBarr Pharmaceuticals, USA 476 74.78 -24 12.3 33 98.44 53.13 44.09 31.01Fanuc, Japan 477 74.70 6 4.6 8 70.55 63.26 56.07 60.46Illinois Tool Works, USA 478 74.48 4 1.0 20 71.93 62.20 59.03 59.58Dragerwerk, Germany 479 74.45 4 6.6 18 71.35 66.51 53.25 49.88Integrated Device Technology, USA 480 74.32 23 24.2 37 60.42 57.40 75.20 75.23NTN, Japan 481 73.80 10 3.9 20 66.84 60.48 57.77 52.40SEI Investments, USA 481 73.80 33 16.4 15 55.34 32.97 33.13 35.84SMC, Japan 483 73.78 3 5.3 16 71.54 64.99 63.58 70.10Theravance, USA 484 73.54 53 >999.9 33 48.16 36.70 40.70 n/aTrumpf, Germany 485 73.52 9 7.7 16 67.27 60.95 36.93 36.41OSI Pharmaceuticals, USA 486 73.37 14 72.3 33 64.31 54.22 52.56 22.73KT, South Korea 487 73.36 24 0.7 10 59.21 164.81 158.13 218.04Pou Chen, Taiwan 487 73.36 250 2.7 37 20.95 20.95 6.21 0.00Onex, Canada 489 73.30 220 0.8 16 22.94 17.95 57.35 24.93Tekelec, USA 490 73.20 28 23.4 37 57.20 42.71 34.80 41.85Kudelski, Switzerland 491 73.17 17 24.1 8 62.53 9.27 7.82 7.75Novozymes, Denmark 492 73.05 -2 12.6 33 74.52 69.00 65.68 62.46Watson Pharmaceuticals, USA 493 72.96 -2 7.6 33 74.69 57.83 47.54 37.00ConocoPhillips, USA 494 72.81 -1 0.1 30 73.39 79.22 63.49 25.63Sumitomo Metal Industries, Japan 495 72.71 8 1.2 21 67.07 66.90 92.03 103.54Burelle, France 496 72.47 152 4.6 2 28.71 28.18 25.84 19.65Kos Pharmaceuticals, USA 497 71.78 11 16.4 33 64.69 30.41 25.62 18.04Time Warner, USA 498 71.65 -8 0.3 25 78.05 80.97 79.22 61.16Sanpaolo IMI, Italy 499 71.46 n/a 1.4 3 n/a n/a n/a n/aApplied Micro Circuits, USA 500 71.10 -5 48.1 37 74.58 118.10 90.07 61.29AGCO, USA 501 70.89 17 2.2 20 60.40 41.59 33.32 28.89NGK Spark Plug, Japan 502 70.87 3 6.0 2 68.51 67.07 65.97 61.15UBIsoft Entertainment, France 503 70.83 28 19.2 35 55.13 50.33 4.05 53.87Pliva, Croatia 504 70.40 -7 10.4 33 75.34 62.92 50.97 39.48Yokohama Rubber, Japan 504 70.40 3 3.4 2 68.19 61.79 60.69 58.37Lanxess, Germany 506 69.40 n/a 1.4 5 n/a n/a n/a n/aASM International, The Netherlands 507 69.17 19 13.9 37 58.32 54.32 60.69 54.74PMC-Sierra, USA 508 69.15 -1 40.7 37 70.18 69.59 80.23 117.13Abgenix, USA (now part of Amgen) 509 69.12 11 646.9 33 62.32 48.20 63.61 36.21Parametric Technology, USA 510 68.89 10 16.4 35 62.90 77.19 79.26 86.76Intersil, USA 511 68.88 5 19.7 37 65.45 53.16 76.33 61.79JS, Japan 512 68.74 -4 1.4 6 71.35 66.78 46.14 31.55Paccar, USA 513 68.62 14 0.9 20 60.11 47.24 32.62 43.10176 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 177