[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 48737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20155]


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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.

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 21, 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''), the National Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. 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 circumstances. Specifically, Delphi Automotive 
Systems Corporation, Troy, MI; IntelliSeek, Inc., Cincinnati, OH; and 
Solida, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI have been approved as active members in the 
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS''). The 
Minority Sub-Contractors Center, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA and Southern 
Technology Council, Research Triangle Park, NC have been approved for 
affiliate membership in the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc. (``NCMS'').
    Also, Bellcore, Morristown, NJ; Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; 
Control Gaging, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; D. H. Brown Associates, Inc., Port 
Chester, NY; DASCOM, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA; Dresser Instrument Division, 
Milford, CT; Hansford Manufacturing Corporation, Rochester, NY; 
International Business Machines Corporation, Endicott, NY; 
Manufacturing Resources, Inc., Cleveland, OH; McSpadden Associates, 
Inc., North Billerica, MA; Micromet Instruments, Inc., Bedford, MA; 
Nonlinear Dynamics, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; RoboDisk Corporation, Burbank, 
CA; SoftSelect Systems, LLC, Vancouver, WA; and Westinghouse Electric 
Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA have resigned or have been terminated from 
active membership in the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc. (``NCMS''). MERRA, Ann Arbor, MI; Michigan Manufacturing 
Technology Center, Ann Arbor, MI; National Security Agency, Fort Meade, 
MD; South Carolina Research Authority, Columbia, SC; U.S. General 
Services Administration, Washington, DC; and Vanderbilt University 
School of Engineering, Nashville, TN have recently resigned from 
affiliate membership in the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc.
    Chrome Applications, Inc., Oakton, VA has changed its name to CAI 
Resources, Inc.
    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 the National Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. intends to file additional written 
notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1987, the National Center for Manufacturing 
Sciences, Inc. 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 August 5, 
1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 14, 1999 (64 FR 69800).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-20155 Filed 8-8-00; 8:45 am]
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