[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2863]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Advanced Structures

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 2, 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''), Caterpillar Inc. filed 
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 a cooperative research 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 Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL; 
A.O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI; The Lincoln Electric Company, 
Cleveland, OH; and U.S. Steel, Pittsburgh, PA.
    The objective of the joint venture is to develop technology for the 
fabrication of ``Advanced Structures'' with the intent to improve and 
protect today's U.S. share of the global market in the heavy 
manufacturing industry. The project will focus on improving the 
durability (fatigue) and reliability of welded steel structures for 
heavy manufacturing industry, and aluminum structures for surface 
transportation industry. The improved performance will be achieved by 
combining and matching developments in a number of key technologies in 
steel rolling, first operations, welding, and process simulation. The 
goal is to improve the fatigue performance of both steel and aluminum 
fabricated structures.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-2863 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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