HC Deb 24 February 1997 vol 291 cc61-2W
Mr. Ingram

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the names and locations of each of the overseas-based companies which have established research and development operations in the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years. [17365]

Mr. Greg Knight

Research and development investments notified to my Department's Invest In Britain Bureau during the period are as follows:

Inward investment R and D projects (1985–1996)
Year Company name Region
1985 Speciality Cable South East
1985 Digital Equipment South East
1985 Ford Motor Company South East
1985 Genetic Int. South East
1985 Data General South East
1985 Honda UK South West
1985 Systime Yorkshire and Humberside
1986 Ceramic Development East Midlands
1986 Pye TMC Ltd. Scotland
1986 Avantek South East
1986 IN Energy Services Wales
1986 Texaco Ltd. Wales
1986 Pilkington Reinforcements Wales
1986 Sepehrtech West Midlands
1986 Telemecanique Electrique West Midlands
1986 IBM UK Ltd. West Midlands
1986 Buehler UK West Midlands
1986 Brain Power Ltd. West Midlands
1986 Digital Equipment Company West Midlands
1987 Siemens plc North West
1987 BBN Labs. Scotland
1987 Bell Northern South East
1987 McDonnell Douglas South East
1987 SRI Int. South East
1987 Ensinger Ltd. Wales
1987 Calgary Pain Treatment Wales
1987 Aqua Norse Wales
1987 Amercoeur Energy Wales
1987 Lynchgate Associates Wales
1987 Lynchgate Associates Wales
1987 Ontario Corporation Wales
1987 Van Leer Vacuum Wales
1987 Texaco (UK) Wales
1988 Roberts Labs. South East
Inward investment R and D projects (1985–1996)
Year Company name Region
1988 University of Michigan South East
1988 Convatec Inste Biology Wales
1989 Northumbria Biologicals London
1989 Steriseal and Nomeq West Midlands
1989 Istel Ltd. West Midlands
1989 HS Systems UK West Midlands
1990 Nissan UK London
1990 Nissan London
1990 Kobe Steel South East
1990 Sandoz Products South East
1990 Fairford Animation South West
1990 Bakelite Polymers West Midlands
1991 Rank Xerox Eastern
1991 Nissan Europe Eastern
1991 NSK/RHP European Research East Midlands
1991 Komatsu London
1991 GPT Ltd. London
1991 Softlab North West
1992 Rhone-Poulanc Roper South East
1992 Southern Glasshouse South East
1992 Zeon Chemicals Wales
1993 Group Lotus Eastern
1993 Alkeremese Europe Eastern
1993 Dante Ltd. Eastern
1993 Nortalc Milling London
1993 Petrolite Ltd. North West
1993 Clintrials Ltd. South East
1993 Calsonic Int. Europe Wales
1993 SP Tyres West Midlands
1993 Cable Data Int. Yorkshire and Humberside
1993 Plant Science Ltd. Yorkshire and Humberside
1994 Cybereye London
1994 Shell Research North West
1994 Xilinx Development Scotland
1994 Rand Information South East
1994 Daewoo South East
1994 Warwick Chemicals Wales
1994 Mascotech West Midlands
1994 Compower Ltd. West Midlands
1994 Cross Products UK Yorkshire and Humberside
1995 Hewlett Packard Eastern
1995 Knoll Pharmaceuticals East Midlands
1995 Fisons East Midlands
1995 Astra Charnwood East Midlands
1995 Microvoice Apps. London
1995 Gallup Organisation London
1995 Datek London
1995 Pico (UK) London
1995 Harris Labs. Northern Ireland
1995 Sharp Labs. South East
1995 IBM Labs. South East
1995 Daewoo—Worthing South East
1995 Invertron Simulated Systems South East
1995 Daewoo UK Ltd. South East
1995 4 Front Grp. South East
1995 Ericsson Ltd. South East
1995 Rover Grp. West Midlands
1995 Fluent Europe Yorkshire and Humberside
1995 SCO Yorkshire and Humberside

Source:

IBB Database.