[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 193 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 51720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25334]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; the Ohio Aerospace Institute; Metal Matrix 
Composite Cooperative

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 4, 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 Ohio Aerospace 
Institute's Metal Matrix Composite Cooperative (``MMC'') filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the 
joint venture 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 Ohio Aerospace Institute, Brook 
Park, OH; Williams International Co., L.L.C., Walled Lake, MI; Allied 
Signal, Phoenix, AZ; Allison, Indianapolis, IN; GE Aircraft Engines, 
Cincinnati, OH; and Pratt & Whitney, West Palm Beach, FL. MMC is a 
research and development venture formed to develop a damage tolerant 
MMC life prediction system for use in aircraft engine production 
component design by 1998. Specifically, computer-coded modules to 
predict metal matrix component damage behavior from creep-to-failure 
will be developed.
    Membership in this consortium remains open, and MMC intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership. 
Information regarding membership may be obtained from Eileen Pickett, 
Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, OH.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-25334 Filed 10-2-96; 8:45 am]
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