[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8047]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Springback Predictability Venture

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 26, 1996, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), parties to the Springback 
Predictability Venture filed 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 Aluminum Company of 
America, Alcoa Technical Center, Alcoa Center, PA; The Budd Company, 
Troy, MI; Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI; Environmental 
Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Ford Motor Company, 
Dearborn, MI; General Motors Corporation, Warren, MI; and US Steel 
Group, USX Corporation, Troy, MI. The purpose of the joint venture is 
to conduct certain specified research to develop and validate a three-
dimensional computer code to accurately predict stress, strain, 
fracture and geometrical imperfection, such as highs, lows, wrinkles 
and sidewall curling, in sheet metal draw, restrike and flanging dies, 
with an emphasis on springback after removal from the die and after 
trimming, using an incremental theory of elastro-plasticity. The 
activities of this project 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. 96-8047 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]
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