[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 83 (Friday, April 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24984-24985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10597]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; SMC Research Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 16, 1999, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), SMC Research Consortium 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

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actual damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) 
of the Act, the identities of the parties are The Budd Company, Troy, 
MI; Cambridge Industries, Inc., Madison Heights, MI; and Venture 
Holdings Corporation, doing business as Bailey Manufacturing 
Corporation, Fraser, MI. The nature and objectives of the venture are 
to engage in joint research projects to address, analyze and resolve 
manufacturing problems common to molders of plastic sheet molding 
compounds including, for example, coatings; edge finishing; repair 
systems; surface measurement; and shipping rack design.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-10597 Filed 4-27-00; 8:45 am]
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