[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5246]


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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. (NCMS)

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 4, 1997, 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 Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership and providing 
information on the status of its research projects. 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 following companies were accepted as 
active members of NCMS: Advanced Technology & Research Corporation, 
Burtonsville, MD; Lockheed Martin Corporation, Idaho Falls, ID; OMNEX 
Engineering & Management, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; and Structural Dynamics 
Research Corporation, Milford, OH. Software Productivity Consortium 
NFP, Inc., Herndon, VA, was approved for affiliate membership. Cimflex 
Teknowledge Corporation, Palo Alto, CA, changed its name to Teknowledge 
Corporation, and ICAD, Inc., Burlington, MA, has changed its name to 
Concentra Corporation. The McNeal-Schwendler Corporation, Los Angeles, 
CA, acquired Aries Technology, Inc. and subsequently became a member of 
NCMS. The following companies have canceled their active membership in 
NCMS: Andersen Consulting LLP, Detroit, MI; Computer Tool & Die 
Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., College 
Station, TX; Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA; C. Thorrez 
Industries, Inc., Jackson, MI; and Weed Instrument Company, Inc., Simi 
Valley, CA. The following organizations have resigned from affiliate 
membership in NCMS: American Supplier Institute, Allen Park, MI; Les 
Chefs Mailleurs de la Qualite, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
    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 February 20, 1987, NCMS filed its original notification 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 
March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on November 24, 
1996. This notice was published in the Federal Register on December 19, 
1996 (61 FR 67067).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-5246 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am]
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