National cooperative research notifications: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc.,

[Federal Register: December 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 239)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'')

Notice is hereby given that, on August 5, 1999, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') has filedwritten notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. The notifications were filedfor the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, ActiveTouch Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; FileNET Corporation, Denver, CO; Michigan BIDCO, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Optomec Design Company, Ellicott City, MD; Partnerships Limited, Inc., Lawrenceville, NJ; Six Sigma Qualtec, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ; Stratasys Inc., Eden Prairie, MN; Technology Answers, Inc., Petaluma, CA; Metal Finishing Suppliers' Association, Herndon, VA; Wayne State University, Detroit, MI have been added as parties to this venture. Pursuant to a previous merger with Michigan Materials and Processing Institute (``MMPI''), Auto-Air Composites, Inc., Lansing, MI; and Gougeon Brothers, Inc., Bay City, MI have also been added as parties to this venture. Also, Advanced Optical Equipment & Systems Corporation, Edgewood, NM; Advanced Technology & Research Corporation, Burtonsville, MD; Kasper Machine Company, Madison Heights, MI; Lucent Technologies, Inc., Warren, NJ; Mettech Corporation, Richmond, British Columbia, CANADA; PCC Olofsson Corporation, Lansing, MI; Performance Controls, Inc., Horsham, PA; PlyMore Circuit Technologies LP, Maryville, TN; Preco Industries, Inc., Lenexa, KS; QM Technologies, Inc., Albuquerque, NM; Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and New Jersey institute of Technology, Newark, NJ have been dropped as parties to this venture.

No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. Membership in this group research project remains open, and National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On February 20, 1987, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') filedits original notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).

The last notification was filedwith the Department on April 1, 1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on May 26, 1999 (64 FR 28519). Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 99-32328Filed12-13-99; 8:45 am]

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