[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 69800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32328]


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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 filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. The 
notifications were filed for 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'') filed its 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 filed with 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. 99-32328 Filed 12-13-99; 8:45 am]
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