[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 169 (Thursday, August 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 45457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22088]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--``Environmental Research Institute of 
Michigan''

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 5, 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''), Environmental Research Institute 
of Michigan, 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 Case Western Reserve 
University, Cleveland, OH; Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI; 
Delaware Machinery and Tool Company, Inc., Muncie, IN; Doehler Jarvis, 
Toledo, OH; EDCO Engineering, Toledo, OH; Environmental Research 
Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; 
General Motors Corporation, Warren, MI; Ohio State University, 
Columbus, OH; Prince Machine, Holland, MI; and its general areas of 
planned activities is to improve the efficiency of Aluminum Die Casting 
operations.
    Specifically, studies will be conducted to determine the causes of 
porosity in transmission cases and modifications defined for the 
production process. A second task on the project will focus on die 
steel composition and heat treatment procedures in order to improve the 
useful life of die steels in aluminum die casting applications. The 
activities of this project are coordinated under the direction of the 
Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV).
    Membership in the program remains open, and Environmental Research 
Institute of Michigan intends to file additional written notifications 
disclosing all changes in the membership or planned activities.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-22088 Filed 8-28-96; 8:45 am]
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