[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2080]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant To The National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The Dow Chemical Company (``DOW'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 16, 1998, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), The Dow Chemical Company 
(``DOW``) 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 identifies of the parties are The Dow Chemical Company, 
Midland, MI; and Magna International of America, Inc., Farmington 
Hills, MI. The nature and objectives of the venture are to effectively 
and efficiently engage in the research and development of a process to 
produce composite parts reinforced with nano-sized fillers to decrease 
both the cost of manufacture and weight of vehicles. This research and 
development is being undertaken with the intent of developing 
technology for the manufacture of automobile parts having lower cost of 
manufacture and to reduce the weight of automobiles and other models of 
vehicular transportation.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-2080 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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