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 £mCell Therapeutics, USA 770 40.06 -32 427.3 33 58.90 52.15 34.23 26.02TietoEnator, Finland 770 40.06 33 3.5 35 30.16 n/a n/a n/aWistron, Taiwan 772 40.03 0 1.4 37 40.03 35.05 40.40 17.88Old Mutual, UK 773 40.00 700 0.3 24 5.00 n/a n/a n/aCytec Industries, USA 774 39.90 71 2.3 5 23.30 20.50 19.63 18.87Ecolab, USA 775 39.83 11 1.5 5 35.81 30.97 29.04 19.28Polaris Industries, USA 776 39.69 12 3.6 2 35.36 30.15 26.53 20.80Salzgitter, Germany 777 39.51 1 0.8 21 39.16 39.51 32.29 32.98Nippon Sheet Glass, Japan 778 39.21 3 3.0 6 38.07 44.05 40.49 31.23Cambridge Antibody, UK(now part of AstraZeneca) 779 39.17 -11 20.2 33 44.13 44.98 31.31 21.39Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Japan 780 39.09 5 6.8 1 37.24 33.79 34.29 31.95Shimadzu, Japan 781 39.05 10 3.4 20 35.39 32.30 39.24 39.19CGI, Canada 782 39.00 2 2.1 35 38.30 10.99 8.78 6.28Waters, USA 783 38.97 3 5.8 18 38.00 35.50 30.24 27.15Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, USA 784 38.93 10 61.9 33 35.36 16.92 12.29 8.93IDX Systems, USA(now part of General Electric) 785 38.88 20 12.8 35 32.28 30.59 26.51 28.77Unova (now Intermec), USA 786 38.74 7 6.1 37 36.17 33.03 31.10 38.62LTX, USA 787 38.62 -2 49.3 37 39.41 38.50 41.42 38.44Millipore, USA 788 38.47 6 6.7 18 36.40 34.01 30.50 26.69Fortune Brands, USA 789 38.39 -4 0.8 6 40.02 33.84 32.56 31.63Gemplus International, Luxembourg(now part of Gemalto, The Netherlands) 790 38.38 -23 6.0 8 49.60 49.46 72.13 79.02Abengoa, Spain 791 38.33 139 2.8 16 16.01 13.76 6.79 24.43L-3 Communications, USA 792 38.27 -8 0.7 1 41.47 30.74 20.29 62.62Medicis Pharmaceutical, USA 793 38.26 298 17.4 33 9.61 17.22 8.81 14.86Danske Bank, Denmark 794 38.23 53 1.2 3 25.06 n/a n/a n/aBE Aerospace, USA 795 38.21 19 7.8 1 32.10 26.04 23.84 25.34Yaskawa Electric, Japan 796 38.19 2 2.5 8 37.37 34.28 37.92 n/aWind River Systems, USA 797 38.18 8 24.6 35 35.37 33.01 43.66 52.14Newmarket, USA 798 38.09 0 6.1 5 38.07 33.18 29.42 33.56Koenig & Bauer, Germany 799 38.07 -5 3.4 20 39.92 39.58 33.95 25.23TCL Multimedia Technology, Cayman Islands 800 38.04 92 1.5 8 19.86 4.27 4.60 1.37Open Text, Canada 801 37.94 49 15.7 35 25.41 17.08 14.02 14.16ICOS, USA 802 37.92 17 91.2 33 32.28 49.95 35.34 33.23Lafarge, France 803 37.79 2 0.3 6 37.10 38.48 37.79 36.42SNCF, France 803 37.79 n/a 0.3 22 n/a n/a n/a n/aTDC, Denmark(now part of Nordic Telephone) 805 37.58 -15 0.9 10 44.22 n/a n/a n/aMedicines, USA 806 37.51 31 42.9 33 28.71 20.91 22.11 19.09Avon Products, USA 807 37.40 1 0.8 32 37.16 28.89 28.19 26.74Nippon Paper, Japan 808 37.33 6 0.6 13 35.14 33.19 36.60 29.32Meiji Dairies, Japan 809 37.30 2 1.0 12 36.63 34.10 n/a n/aCymer, USA 810 37.29 10 16.7 37 34.05 33.92 42.94 32.58Heraeus, Germany 811 37.10 n/a 0.6 21 n/a 30.30 n/a n/aEncysive Pharmaceuticals, USA 812 36.99 12 453.4 33 32.99 14.99 8.97 6.80Techtronic Industries, Hong Kong 813 36.98 45 2.2 8 25.47 20.19 8.56 6.01Inventec Appliances, Taiwan 814 36.95 21 10.3 37 30.50 n/a n/a n/aAnalogic, USA 815 36.75 8 17.3 8 34.18 34.18 24.20 26.14Interdigital Communications, USA 815 36.75 23 38.7 37 29.83 26.76 27.19 25.92Progress Software, USA 817 36.74 4 15.6 35 35.34 29.50 24.53 24.31International Paper, USA 818 36.70 -7 0.3 13 39.61 42.52 44.85 53.59Par Pharmaceutical Companies, USA 819 36.67 25 14.5 33 29.43 14.32 10.43 6.47Plantronics, USA 820 36.58 85 8.4 37 19.73 20.66 19.73 17.65Brooks Automation, USA 821 36.56 -6 13.5 37 39.10 42.46 43.72 35.45ADTRAN, USA 822 36.50 -7 12.2 37 39.25 33.87 32.79 34.33RSA Security, USA 823 36.42 1 20.2 35 36.05 31.24 32.07 33.99Lawson Software, USA 824 36.21 -4 18.5 35 37.80 34.43 38.97 30.64Hexion Specialty Chemicals, USA 825 36.11 214 1.4 5 11.50 10.48 11.11 13.22Advanced Medical Optics, USA 826 35.91 35 6.7 18 26.57 21.79 17.43 16.89Shimizu, Japan 827 35.90 -6 0.5 6 38.02 36.91 41.04 36.71Aeroflex, USA 828 35.76 23 12.8 37 29.11 18.12 13.80 11.01Nexans, France 829 35.73 11 0.9 8 32.29 32.29 32.98 34.36Extreme Networks, USA 830 35.69 5 16.0 37 33.85 33.79 35.82 33.71Vasogen, Canada 831 35.61 38 n/a 33 25.83 10.84 6.32 4.59—–––––—— 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 £mPowerwave Technologies, USA 832 35.55 29 7.4 8 27.49 22.68 19.27 20.24Georgia-Pacific, USA 833 35.53 -5 0.3 13 37.28 37.86 n/a n/aWeyerhaeuser, USA 833 35.53 11 0.3 13 32.04 29.71 30.29 32.04Adaptec, USA 835 35.47 -46 15.4 37 66.27 59.86 68.54 71.66Taiwan Power, Taiwan 836 35.42 -3 0.5 7 36.64 38.88 36.49 41.25Cae, Canada 837 35.41 -14 6.4 35 41.24 39.74 41.24 52.21High Tech Computer, Taiwan 838 35.37 0 2.8 8 35.37 18.59 n/a n/aWilliam Demant, Denmark 839 35.24 18 8.1 18 29.86 27.17 25.07 23.31Biovail, Canada 840 35.23 21 6.5 33 29.15 42.13 11.83 21.21Diebold, USA 841 35.19 1 2.3 37 34.96 35.21 37.21 34.72Veeco Instruments, USA 842 35.17 4 14.7 8 33.98 28.47 31.39 34.79CSR, UK 843 35.15 119 12.4 37 16.07 9.66 7.34 8.39CuraGen, USA 844 35.13 -9 256.3 33 38.68 33.57 36.93 24.68IWKA, Germany 845 35.10 -14 2.5 20 40.75 41.02 41.43 38.96Bull, France 846 35.04 -6 4.3 37 37.10 41.23 50.16 84.51SIG, Switzerland 846 35.04 -26 3.5 16 47.41 52.22 48.10 30.50Arris, USA 848 35.03 -5 8.8 37 36.91 36.62 37.75 31.75FEI, USA 849 34.87 7 14.0 37 32.54 26.98 24.75 24.18Industria de Turbo Propulsores, Spain 850 34.84 -38 13.5 1 56.17 74.21 26.00 23.56Realtek Semiconductor, Taiwan 851 34.78 44 17.9 37 24.13 25.16 17.49 12.56Nippon Paint, Japan 852 34.68 -5 3.5 5 36.58 33.44 n/a n/aAcambis, UK 853 34.50 19 84.4 33 28.90 19.90 16.30 17.66WR Grace, USA 854 34.48 16 2.3 5 29.77 30.29 30.11 25.69Cabot, USA 855 34.37 11 2.8 5 30.87 37.28 27.96 27.96UPM-Kymmene, Finland 856 34.36 6 0.5 13 32.29 32.98 31.61 30.92Gedeon Richter, Hungary 857 34.35 19 7.4 33 28.87 25.71 22.18 17.92SPX, USA 858 34.25 1 1.2 8 33.84 55.98 69.08 63.55Sauer-Danfoss, USA 859 34.18 13 3.8 20 30.24 25.31 22.02 22.17Nalco, USA 860 34.13 4 1.8 14 32.91 n/a n/a n/aSorin, Italy 861 34.12 -8 6.6 18 37.10 41.84 34.49 30.99Emdeon, USA 862 34.07 8 4.6 36 31.55 25.04 25.54 23.08MiTAC International, Taiwan 862 34.07 44 2.3 8 23.66 21.12 16.28 15.35Redback Networks, USA 864 33.98 3 38.1 37 32.97 38.57 52.78 83.23Standard Microsystems, USA 865 33.94 36 18.3 37 25.04 22.60 18.15 18.16Novelis, Canada 866 33.78 -6 0.7 21 36.11 39.03 n/a n/aOwens Corning, USA 866 33.78 23 0.9 6 27.38 25.05 24.46 21.55Tenneco, USA 866 33.78 23 1.3 2 27.38 25.63 24.46 19.22Nuvelo, USA 869 33.65 45 >999.9 33 23.28 19.27 29.22 27.09Borland Software, USA 870 33.60 -15 20.8 35 39.66 37.43 29.59 27.37Neopost, France 870 33.60 25 5.9 37 26.87 22.54 22.95 22.54Coherent, USA 872 33.52 -8 11.1 37 36.39 29.56 30.65 30.85Yakult Honsha, Japan 873 33.44 5 2.7 12 31.87 28.63 25.50 23.08Ingenico, France 874 33.42 50 11.1 8 22.27 23.57 29.55 18.77deCODE genetics, Iceland 875 33.33 22 156.0 33 27.41 36.97 50.47 41.82Tokai Rubber Industries, Japan 876 33.17 1 3.1 5 32.87 31.52 30.48 28.58NACCO Industries, USA 877 33.14 -2 1.8 16 33.73 32.62 29.53 30.29Avocent, USA 878 33.13 25 15.4 37 26.42 17.35 15.45 13.12Orbotech, Israel 879 33.04 18 14.9 8 27.96 22.98 24.58 29.15Dexia, Belgium 880 32.98 586 0.8 3 4.81 n/a n/a n/aIntentia International, Sweden 881 32.86 -3 15.1 35 34.01 33.62 39.41 33.16Alfa Laval, Sweden 882 32.78 11 2.7 20 29.56 26.94 26.00 24.99Pall, USA 883 32.73 -2 3.0 20 33.36 30.41 31.91 32.64Patria, Finland 884 32.71 21 15.0 1 27.07 18.48 14.84 5.22Showa, Japan 885 32.58 -16 2.8 2 38.62 34.71 33.86 29.77MKS Instruments, USA 886 32.57 -2 11.0 37 33.19 27.76 26.79 22.11Aspen Technology, USA 887 32.49 -16 20.7 35 38.68 42.37 48.02 40.14Hyundai Mobis, South Korea 888 32.17 48 0.8 2 21.76 6.61 12.15 6.66Sysmex, Japan 889 32.12 17 8.5 33 27.39 24.53 20.38 17.41Basilea Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland 890 32.00 5 237.4 33 30.46 22.11 25.29 n/aKureha Chemical Industry(now Kureha), Japan 891 31.87 1 5.0 5 31.42 31.07 30.09 28.28GPC Biotech, Germany 892 31.84 68 496.1 33 18.97 10.18 12.59 13.71Reebok International, USA(now part of Adidas-Salomon, Germany) 893 31.83 8 1.4 32 29.50 26.08 24.27 28.98SPSS, USA 894 31.71 -4 23.1 35 33.19 26.37 27.47 18.82BJ Services, USA 895 31.57 15 1.7 31 27.54 23.77 8.47 8.35182 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 183