[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 245 (Thursday, December 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67067-67068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32161]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 29, 1996 pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993,

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15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the National Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. The 
notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, the Rapid Response 
Manufacturing project, formed predominately of NCMS membership, is 
pursuing a joint research and development venture focusing on generic 
enabling technologies in the general area of computer integrated 
manufacturing.
    Changes to this venture area as follows: Eastman Kodak Company, 
Rochester, NY has been added as a participant in the project. Cimflex 
Teknowledge Corporation has changed its name to Teknowledge Corporation 
and ICAD, Inc. has changed its name to Concentra Corporation. The 
MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation, Reston, VA, acquired Aries Technology, 
Inc. and subsequently became a participant in the project.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and NCMS intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On July 21, 1992, NCMS filed its original notification of the Rapid 
Response Manufacturing project pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The 
Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register 
pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 19, 1992 (57 FR 54610). 
The last notification was filed on November 1, 1996. The Department of 
Justice published a notice in the Federal Register on December 4, 1996 
(61 FR 64370).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-32161 Filed 12-18-96; 8:45 am]
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