[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 126 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40130-40131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16473]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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 November 12, 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''), 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 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 circumstance. Specifically, ASPSecure.com 
Corporation, San Jose, CA; Benchmark Electronics-Hudson Company, 
Hudson, NH; Ethereal Technologies, Inc., Grosse Ile, MI; Faraday 
Technology, Inc., Clayton, OH; Information Transport Associates, Inc., 
Annapolis, MD; and Precision Optical Manufacturing Company, Plymouth, 
MI have joined the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. 
(``NCMS'') as Active members. Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, OH; 
and the University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA have joined the 
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') as 
Affiliate members. By way of unanimous written consent, the following 
companies have been accepted for Affiliate membership in the National 
Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS''): ASM International, 
Materials Park, OH and Minnesota Technology, Inc., Minneapolis, MN.
    Also, Applied Intelligent Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Deneb 
Robotics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI; Diffracto, Windsor, Ontario, CANADA; 
Cardell Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI; Circo Craft Company, Pointe-
Claire, Quebec, CANADA; Concentra Corporation, Burlington, MA; Giddings 
& Lewis, Inc.,

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Fond du lac, WI; Imation Corporation, Oakdale, MN; Midwest Brake and 
Bond Company, Warren, MI; OG Technology, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; 
Progressive Technologies, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI; RES Corporation, 
Milwaukee, WI; RWD Technologies, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI; Strategic 
Business Management Company, Villa Park, IL; TYCOM Corporation, Irvine, 
CA; Universal Flow Monitors, Hazel Park, MI; and Wizdom Systems, 
Naperville, IL have been dropped as Active members to this venture. 
Agility Forum, Bethlehem, PA; Materials Technology Laboratory, CANMET, 
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA; National Center for 
Tooling & Precision Components, Toledo, OH; and ORTECH Corporation, 
Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA have been dropped as parties to this 
venture.
    Active Touch Systems, Inc., has changed its name to Web Ex, Inc., 
Santa Clara, CA; Flavors Technology, Inc., has changed its name to R. 
Morley, Inc., Milford, NH; The MacNealSchwendler Corporation has 
changed its name to MSC.Software Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA; Ramtech 
Group, Inc., has changed its name to Bencym West, LLC, North Highlands, 
CA; and Industrial Technology Institute has changed its name to 
Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, Ann Arbor, MI. Chrysler 
Corporation merged with Daimler-Benz AG and is now known as 
DaimlerChrysler AG, Auburn Hills, MI.
    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 National Center for Manufacturing 
Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') intends to file additional written 
notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1987, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc. (``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 April 1, 
1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 26, 1999 (64 FR 28519).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-16473 Filed 6-28-00; 8:45 am]
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