[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 127 (Friday, June 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 40693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16607]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Advanced Technology Institute (``ATI''): 
Forging Defense Manufacturing Consortium (``FDMC'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 10, 2000, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Advanced Technology Institute 
(``ATI'') 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 plantiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(b) of the 
Act, the identities of the parties are The Advanced Technology 
Institute, North Charleston, SC; and The Forging Industry Association, 
Cleveland, OH. The nature and objectives of the venture are to plan, 
prioritize and implement key research and development initiatives that 
will provide increased technology and market development within the 
manufacturing sector and increased US competitiveness in the global 
marketplace.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-16607 Filed 6-29-00; 8:45 am]
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