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 £mKuraray, Japan 514 68.47 1 3.9 5 67.53 61.80 59.87 60.46Cardinal Health, USA 515 68.27 107 0.2 11 32.91 33.14 37.92 31.34Delta Electronics, Taiwan 516 68.19 19 4.8 8 57.14 55.68 49.02 41.25Barclays, UK 517 68.00 45 0.4 3 47.00 n/a n/a n/aTerumo, Japan 518 67.80 -7 6.0 18 72.55 56.21 50.78 43.91Micronas Semiconductor, Switzerland 519 67.49 19 18.1 37 56.63 43.33 38.47 36.01Bio-Rad Laboratories, USA 520 67.05 6 9.7 18 63.11 54.91 48.31 44.59Smith & Nephew, UK 521 67.00 1 4.8 18 66.40 66.80 63.30 51.30Synthes, Switzerland 522 66.89 5 5.5 18 63.78 37.49 32.62 31.25B Braun Melsungen, Germany 523 66.87 3 3.2 18 64.68 72.42 70.53 52.64CR Bard, USA 524 66.75 3 6.5 18 65.01 50.91 35.94 31.10American Standard Companies, USA 525 66.40 -19 1.1 6 81.55 74.56 102.46 77.47Valeant Pharmaceuticals, USA 526 66.26 23 13.7 33 53.88 26.38 28.85 17.75Certegy(now Fidelity National Information), USA 527 66.11 53 9.7 36 43.23 22.34 n/a n/aBAT, UK 528 66.00 -1 0.7 38 67.00 73.00 62.00 59.00Corus, UK 528 66.00 5 0.7 21 63.00 62.00 65.00 60.00Swatch, Switzerland 530 65.85 -6 3.5 19 69.83 72.48 62.76 n/aMcData, USA 531 65.84 24 18.4 37 53.29 51.74 34.56 28.64Unaxis, Switzerland 532 65.41 -18 9.2 16 79.55 68.06 69.39 91.93Expedia, USA 533 65.40 32 5.3 39 49.52 34.80 n/a n/aLite-On Technology, Taiwan 534 65.33 27 1.6 37 51.61 41.64 20.48 9.56Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan 535 65.06 -11 1.1 20 72.75 76.47 81.67 86.60SNPE, France 536 65.00 -17 12.1 5 78.33 79.02 73.52 n/aFastWeb, Italy 537 64.87 n/a 9.8 10 n/a 26.38 38.84 22.42Avid Technology, USA 538 64.85 17 14.4 37 55.30 49.83 47.97 50.18Glory, Japan 539 64.39 10 6.9 20 58.54 49.90 56.64 54.09Rieter, Switzerland 540 63.95 7 4.6 20 59.84 56.93 56.97 63.42Electronics For Imaging, USA 541 63.80 -1 23.4 37 64.73 56.32 52.41 57.15CV Therapeutics, USA 542 63.78 5 577.8 33 60.53 40.48 49.91 43.36Ranbaxy Laboratories, India 543 63.74 21 9.2 33 52.53 31.35 21.82 8.48Midway Games, USA 544 63.34 46 72.5 23 43.27 13.29 14.57 43.92Citrix Systems, USA 545 63.31 26 12.0 35 50.30 37.54 40.15 39.43Cognis Deutschland, Germany 546 63.21 39 2.9 5 45.35 44.66 52.22 50.16Pantech, South Korea 547 63.18 73 16.7 27 36.43 n/a n/a n/aVertex Pharmaceuticals, USA 548 63.05 1 67.3 33 62.19 81.25 65.72 45.97Engelhard, USA(now part of BASF, Germany) 549 63.02 8 2.4 5 58.19 54.23 51.38 49.10Reckitt Benckiser, UK 550 63.00 5 1.5 19 60.00 57.00 54.00 50.00Andrew, USA 551 62.82 -2 5.5 37 64.22 49.02 33.77 27.84Spirent (now Spirent Communications), UK 552 62.80 -7 13.5 37 67.30 66.00 77.70 95.90Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Taiwan 553 62.73 11 3.4 8 56.45 53.60 38.03 33.52Kyorin Pharmaceutical (now Kyorin), Japan 554 62.67 54 19.2 33 40.56 n/a n/a n/aQuantum, USA 555 62.56 11 12.9 37 56.31 60.27 65.20 73.76Weatherford International, USA 556 62.54 28 2.5 31 48.67 48.30 46.36 27.09Dainippon Screen Mfg, Japan 557 62.32 13 4.7 16 54.95 53.15 49.48 49.15Santen Pharmaceutical, Japan 558 62.28 6 13.6 33 58.50 62.77 60.15 51.87CSL, Australia 559 62.27 44 5.3 33 43.24 39.11 39.86 34.70SKF, Sweden 560 62.14 7 1.7 20 58.26 54.89 56.14 63.75SAAB, Sweden 561 61.77 5 4.4 1 59.07 59.14 59.80 52.55Cognos, Canada 562 61.71 16 12.8 35 53.12 45.49 43.46 39.18UBE Industries, Japan 563 61.63 9 2.1 5 56.74 59.46 56.02 63.78Tata Motors, India 564 61.62 29 2.0 2 47.83 19.66 18.51 122.95Norsk Hydro, Norway 565 61.59 -6 0.4 30 65.38 73.12 70.11 68.48Symbol Technologies, USA 566 61.34 -16 6.0 8 72.87 63.37 42.43 35.84International Rectifier, USA 567 61.09 14 8.9 37 53.68 45.96 40.64 40.57Telenor, Norway 568 60.99 68 1.0 27 36.39 39.66 45.68 78.80NPS Pharmaceuticals, USA 569 60.94 -19 815.8 33 75.06 63.06 45.85 28.94Hyperion Solutions, USA 570 60.64 8 14.8 35 56.06 42.97 42.41 47.53Metso, Finland 571 60.47 -15 2.1 20 70.77 86.57 100.32 94.13Stora Enso, Finland 572 60.46 7 0.7 13 56.41 61.01 78.74 63.42Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, USA 573 60.07 n/m 155.8 33 0.00 51.64 66.40 46.29Newell Rubbermaid, USA 574 60.00 -3 1.6 19 61.80 72.58 51.03 39.14SSA Global Technologies, USA(now part of Infor Global Solutions) 575 59.88 8 14.4 35 55.45 24.41 n/a n/a—–––––—— 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 £mFujikura, Japan 576 59.85 10 3.4 8 54.34 56.04 58.73 53.54Funai Electric, Japan 577 59.66 4 3.2 8 57.61 45.46 12.18 9.29Danfoss, Denmark 578 59.51 14 3.9 20 52.23 53.34 44.40 38.78Mylan Laboratories, USA 579 59.45 16 8.1 33 51.19 58.72 50.53 34.28Vestas Wind Systems, Denmark 580 59.30 48 2.4 8 40.06 19.10 13.81 n/aVitesse Semiconductor, USA 581 59.09 -7 53.2 37 63.22 64.16 99.17 79.92Indra Sistemas, Spain 582 59.02 9 7.1 35 53.91 49.97 49.50 47.59National Instruments, USA 583 58.97 13 17.7 8 52.36 46.96 37.26 35.38Silicon Laboratories, USA 584 58.96 35 23.8 37 43.64 28.13 18.64 16.88Infogrames Entertainment, France 585 58.88 -22 14.2 35 75.92 63.49 76.75 69.67Johnson Matthey, UK 586 58.80 9 1.2 5 53.90 54.50 48.40 44.60Rabobank, The Netherlands 587 58.40 27 0.9 3 46.04 n/a n/a n/aSuez, France 588 58.27 0 0.2 14 58.40 54.28 86.57 171.77Toto, Japan 589 58.17 4 2.4 6 56.09 55.76 60.50 63.02Cadbury Schweppes, UK 590 58.00 -8 0.8 12 63.00 53.00 32.00 29.00Invitrogen, USA 591 57.84 36 8.3 33 42.59 31.80 19.63 22.22Edwards Lifesciences, USA 592 57.67 14 9.9 18 50.68 42.40 37.98 32.04Macromedia, USA(now part of Adobe Systems) 593 57.32 8 22.6 35 53.13 57.37 64.14 62.72Neurocrine Biosciences, USA 594 56.76 11 78.7 33 50.97 46.93 56.25 33.43Krones, Germany 595 56.75 n/a 4.9 20 n/a n/a n/a n/aOji Paper, Japan 595 56.75 -4 1.0 13 59.22 63.17 n/a n/aNippon Oil, Japan 597 56.46 18 0.2 30 47.80 49.53 51.57 50.43Osaka Gas, Japan 598 56.28 -8 1.2 14 61.09 67.74 74.26 81.35Reynolds and Reynolds, USA 599 55.92 3 9.9 35 54.17 51.42 51.47 53.23Incyte, USA 600 55.70 8 >999.9 33 51.42 67.71 88.75 124.26Huntsman, USA 601 55.63 15 0.7 5 48.35 38.21 13.86 n/aLattice Semiconductor, USA 602 55.58 5 45.2 37 52.98 50.73 49.96 41.75Verisign, USA 603 55.53 42 5.7 35 39.23 32.51 28.17 45.51ECI Telecom, Israel 604 55.51 25 15.1 37 44.28 48.63 61.76 83.22Daicel Chemical Industries, Japan 605 55.37 1 3.7 5 54.71 57.97 56.68 58.44Campbell Soup, USA 606 55.34 2 1.3 12 54.17 51.26 44.85 36.70Openwave Systems, USA 607 55.33 2 24.8 35 54.32 67.05 83.87 158.16Microchip Technology, USA 608 55.29 2 10.2 37 54.19 49.74 51.24 47.563Com, USA 609 55.09 -1 14.5 37 55.45 65.85 166.35 312.05USEC, USA 610 55.04 62 6.1 21 34.08 26.10 18.64 7.34British Nuclear Fuels(now British Nuclear Group Sellafield), UK 611 55.00 -7 2.3 7 59.00 67.00 54.00 55.00FMC, USA 612 54.99 1 4.4 5 54.40 50.91 47.76 58.13Georg Fischer, Switzerland 613 54.80 9 3.4 20 50.39 49.50 53.92 60.11Yue Yuen Industrial, Hong Kong 614 54.79 5 3.0 32 52.02 49.04 35.19 32.17Orion, Finland 615 54.62 13 4.2 11 48.44 59.02 75.24 57.65JDS Uniphase, USA 616 54.58 -6 13.2 37 57.96 89.53 148.42 189.83ON Semiconductor, USA 616 54.58 -1 7.4 37 54.99 49.80 39.55 47.12Sumitomo Bakelite, Japan 618 54.50 9 4.9 5 50.04 50.51 48.24 40.11Symbian, UK 619 54.48 19 47.5 35 45.60 38.36 33.10 31.94Grundfos, Denmark 620 54.32 3 4.4 20 52.62 42.70 41.83 42.21EMBRAER, Brazil 621 54.27 109 2.4 1 25.92 100.90 92.32 58.00Gambro, Sweden (now part of Investor) 622 54.24 21 2.9 18 44.87 46.84 39.08 30.96KDDI, Japan 623 54.10 -18 0.4 10 65.84 51.62 44.19 25.28Hoya, Japan 624 54.07 11 3.6 8 48.60 33.77 27.20 35.83Silicon Graphics, USA 625 54.00 -15 12.7 37 63.35 99.57 105.95 137.61Credence Systems, USA 626 53.90 15 21.6 37 46.91 42.82 49.72 50.35Cell Genesys, USA 627 53.82 0 >999.9 33 53.67 49.68 43.77 29.56Wincor Nixdorf, Germany 628 53.60 7 4.5 35 50.10 45.44 43.21 36.01Proton Holdings Berhad, Malaysia 629 53.51 -36 4.1 2 83.67 63.64 n/a n/aPolycom, USA 630 53.29 -1 15.8 37 53.63 42.31 44.74 34.61Celanese, USA 631 53.01 -14 1.5 5 61.38 54.28 50.85 65.27Lyondell Chemical, USA 631 53.01 122 0.5 5 23.88 21.55 17.47 18.64Maytag, USA (now part of Whirlpool) 633 53.00 -7 1.9 19 57.20 62.29 64.40 49.42Sanken Electric, Japan 634 52.97 10 6.9 37 48.17 44.26 41.76 42.05Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, Japan 635 52.93 2 2.8 5 51.90 56.96 58.78 61.56American Power Conversion, USA 636 52.73 6 4.6 37 49.87 39.40 34.98 31.83Alexion Pharmaceuticals, USA 637 52.61 64 >999.9 33 32.17 40.87 31.15 15.77NGK Insulators, Japan 638 52.58 -15 4.0 16 62.21 64.18 76.81 84.36178 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 179