[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 115 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 30098-30099] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-14976] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993; National Industrial Information Infrastructure Protocols Solutions for Manufacturing--Adaptable Replacable Technology Notice is hereby given that, on May 1, 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''), the National Industrial Information Infrastructure Protocols Solutions for Manufacturing- Adaptable Replicable Technology (``NIIIP-SMART'') 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: IBM-Manufacturing Industry Solutions, Charlotte, NC; IBM Software Solutions Division, Somers, NY; General Motors Corporation, Warren, MI; STEP TOOLS, Inc., Troy, NY; UES Inc., Dublin, OH; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; AMP incorporated, Harrisburg, PA; International TechneGroup Inc., Milford, OH; Mesa International, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Applied Automation Techneques, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL; Consilium, Mountain View, CA; Industrial Computer Corporation, Atlanta, GA; FACT, Inc., Norcross, GA; FASTech Integrations, [[Page 30099]] Inc., Lincoln, MA; Promis Systems Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; and NIIIP Project Office, Stamford, CT. NIIIP's area of planned activity is development of open industry software protocols that will integrate computing environments across the U.S. manufacturing base. Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 96-14976 Filed 6-12-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-M