[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33848-33849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16041]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Norton Diamond Film/Kennametal Research and 
Production Venture

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 27, 1995, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Product Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Norton Diamond Film 
Division (``Norton Diamond Film'') of Saint-Gobain/Norton Industrial 
Ceramics Corporation, and Kennametal Inc. (``Kennametal''), have 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 a research and production 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 Norton Diamond Film, Northbor, 
MA and Kennametal Inc., Latrobe PA. Norton Diamond Film is indirectly 
controlled by Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A., Paris, France; 
Kennamental is not controlled by any other person. The purpose of this 
joint venture is to combine Kennametal's special carbide formation and 
Norton Diamond Film's diamond deposition technology in the development 
and demonstration of the next generation of carbide round tools and 
wear parts. The activities of the joint venture will be partially 
funded by an award from the Advanced Technology Program, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-16041 Filed 6-28-95; 8:45 am]
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