[Federal Register: February 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 32)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Auto Body Consortium, Inc.--``Hot Metal Gas 
Forming''

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 21, 1998, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Auto Body Consortium, 
Inc.--``Hot Metal Gas Forming'' has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the 
nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for 
the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are 
Atlas Technologies, Inc., Fenton, MI; Auto Body Consortium, Inc., Ann 
Arbor, MI; Autodesk, Inc., Novi, MI; Battelle Memorial Institute, 
Columbus, OH; Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI; Cooperweld, 
Piqua, OH; Erie Press Systems, Erie, PA; Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, 
MI; Hydrodynamics Technologies, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI; Lamb Technicon, 
Warren, MI; Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee, WI; Sekely Industries, 
Inc., Salem, OH; TOCCO, Inc., Madison Heights, MI; Tower Automotive, 
Milwaukee, WI; and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. The nature and 
objectives of the venture are to increase the competitiveness of the 
U.S. vehicle structural component and tooling suppliers and allied 
industries through lower product piece and tooling cost, faster tooling 
time, and lower vehicle weight through the development of ``Hot Metal 
Gas Forming'', an innovative metalforming technique to produce tubular 
structural components.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operatives, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-3918 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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