[Federal Register: May 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 101)]
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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.

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 1, 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. 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, Intelliworxx, Inc., Sarasota, FL; Kestrel Aircraft 
Company, Norman, OK; UNOVA--Industrial Automation Systems, Cincinnati, 
OH who has acquired R&B Machine Tool; Ascent Logic Corporation, San 
Jose, CA; Auto-trol Technology Corporation, McLean, VA; Corning 
Incorporated, Corning, NY; SMART Technologies Inc., Calgary Alberta, 
CANADA; TRW Broadband Communication Network, Carson, CA; Winco 
Industries, Inc., Tipp City, OH; Carnegie Mellon Research Institute, 
Pittsburgh, PA and Original Equipment Suppliers Association, Troy, MI 
have been added as parties to this venture. Also, R&B Machine Tool, 
Saline, MI; Cimplex Corporation, San Jose, CA: HPM Consulting Inc., 
Burlington, Ontario, Canada; ICON Industrial Controls Corporation, 
Natchitoches, LA; Medar, Inc., Farmington, MI; Monarch Machine Tool, 
Saline, MI; SpeedFam Corporation, Des Plaines, IL; Steel Products 
Division (United Defense), Anniston, AL; and The Metal Finishing 
Suppliers Association, Herndon, VA 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. intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1987, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc. 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 January 7, 
1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on March 19, 1999 (64 FR 13604).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-13294 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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