[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 156 (Friday, August 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49264-49266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20302]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant To the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Ole for Process Control Foundation
Notice is hereby given that, on November 3, 1998, pursuant to
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative
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Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the
Act''), Ole for Process Control Foundation (``OPC'') 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, ABB Industrial
Systems, Inc., Rochester, NY: ABF-Ind. Automation Deutschland GmbH,
Martinsried, Germany; ACT Corporation, Nishikujyo, Minami-Ku, Japan;
AGE GmbH, Aachen, Germany; AIGIS Systems, Inc., Caldwell, NJ; Alcatel
Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis Cedex, France; Alter Sys Inc., Longueuil,
Quebec, Canada; AMA-Systems GmbH, Pforzheim, Germany; Analog Devices,
Inc., Wilmington, MA; Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA; Applied
Statistics, Inc., St. Paul, MN; Asahi Electronics Co., Tokyo, Japan;
Asahi Techneion Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Aspen Technology Inc., Houston,
TX; Automsoft International Limited, Dublin, Ireland; Bayer
Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA; Beckoff Industrie Elektronik, Verl,
Germany; Bently Nevada Corporation, Minden, NV; BTG Pulp & Paper
Technology AB, Saffle, Sweden; Bullet Software, Charlotte, NC; Camstar
Systems, Inc., Campbell, CA; Cerberus Dati S.P.A., Milano, Italy; Chino
Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Chiyoda Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; CI
Technologies Pty Limited, Hudson, FL; CIMTECH, Nivelles, Belgium;
CODRA, Courtaboeuf Cedex, France; Comdale Technologies, Inc., Toronto,
Ontario, Canada; CONTEC Corporation Limited, Tokyo, Japan; CSK
Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Cyberlogic Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI;
Descartes Systems Sciences, Inc., Lithonia, GA; Eldridge Engineering,
Inc., Spokane, WA; Elsag Bailey, Inc., Wichliffe, OH; ETM-edv Technik
Muhlgassner, Eisenstadt, Austria; Eurotherm Controls, Ltd, Durringtom,
Worthing West Sussex, England, United Kingdom; Eutech Cybermetics Pte,
Ltd., Singapore, Singapore; EZI GesmbH, Villach, Austria; FactorySoft,
Inc., Mansfield, ME; Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Hino-City, Japan; GE
Fanuc Automation North America, Inc., Charlottesville, VA; GEA
Automation R&D Ltd., Dublin, Ireland; Gesytec GmbH, Aachen, Germany;
Gfs mbH, Aachen, Germany; Grayhill Incorporated, LaGrange, IL; GSE
Systems, Inc., Baltimore, MD; GTI-Gesellschaft fur technische
Information, Marktheidenfeld, Germany; Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.,
Hamamatsu City, Japan; Hilscher GmbH, Hattersheim, Germany; Hitachi
Ltd. and Hitachi Naka Electronics Co., Ltd., Hitachinaka Ibaraki,
Japan; Huakong Technology Co. Ltd., Beiging, Peoples Republic of China;
IDAX, Inc., Norfolk, VA; IDV Klingenmeier & Schrieber, Cologne,
Germany; ifak system GmbH, Barleben, Germany; Indramat GmbH, Lohr am
Main, Germany; InduSoft Ltd., Hilton Head, SC; Ingelectric-Team S.D.,
Zamudio, Spain; INOSOFT GmbH, Herford, Germany; Institut-fur
Informationstechnik im, Garching, Germany; Interbus Club Germany e.V.,
Blomberg, Germany; Interface Corporation, Hiroshima, Japan; Intrinsyc
Software, Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Intuitive
Technology Corp., Marlboro, MA; Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries
Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Iwai Kikai-Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan;
Jetter GmbH, Ludwigsburg, Germany; JGC Corporation, Yokohama, Japan;
Kaneka Engineering Corporation, Hyogo, Japan; Kawasaki Heavy
Industries, Ltd., Akashi, Japan; Kepware Inc., Yarmough, ME; Klinkmann
Automation Oy, Helsinki, Finland; Klopper und Wiege Software GmbH,
Lemgo, Germany; Kyowa Electronic Instruments Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan;
Kyushu Electronics System, Inc., Kitakyushu-City, Japan; Lacroix Sofrel
Telecontrol, Vern Sur Seiche, France; Landis & Staefa, Inc., Buffalo
Grove, IL; M-System Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan; Matrikon Consulting,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; MDC Technology Limited, Riverside Park,
Middlesbrough Cleveland, England, United Kingdom; Meidensha
Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA; Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation, Nagoya, Japan; Moore Products Company, Spring
House, PA; Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Nemasoft,
Inc., Virginia Beach, VA; Northern Dynamic Inc., Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada; Novo Nordisk Engineering, A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark;
ObjectAutomation, Santa Ana, CA; Omega Simulation Co. Ltd., Tokyo,
Japan; OMRON Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan; OMRON Software Co., Ltd.,
Kangawa, Japan; Ono Sokki Co., Ltd., Kangawa, Japan; ORSI Automazione
S.p.A. Genova, Italy; OSI Software, Inc., San Leandro, CA; PC Soft
International Ltd., Petach-Tikva, Israel; Perceptron, Inc., Plymouth,
MI; Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co., Blomberg, Germany; Power Measurement
Ltd., Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada; Prediktor AS, Fredrikstad,
Norway; Previse Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada; PROFIBUS
Nutzerorganisation e.V., Karsruhe, Germany; RadiSys Corporation,
Hillsboro, OR; Raytheon Systems Company, State College, PA;
Roboticware, Kitakatsushika-gun, Japan; Sankyo Seiki Mfg. Co., Ltd.,
Ina-City, Nagano-Pref., Japan; Schneider Automation SA, Seyssinet,
France; Science Systems (Industrial) Ltd., Brislington, Bristol,
England, United Kingdom; Serck Controls Ltd., Coventry, England, United
Kingdom; SET Software Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan; Shell Oil Products Co.,
Houston, TX; S.L. Corporation, Corte Madera, CA: SMAR Research
Corporation, Sertaozinho San Paulo, Brazil; SMI Control Engineering
Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; Softing GmbH, Haar Munich, Germany;
Steeplechase Software, Ann Arbor, MI; Takebishi Electric Sales
Corporation, Ukyo-ku Kyoto, Japan; Tec-It Datenverarbeitung GmbH,
Amstetten, Austria; Technosoftware AG, Niederleu, Switzerland;
Teknedata SRL, Milano, Italy; Teletrol Systems, Inc., Manchester, NH;
TEMAS Ltd., Frasnacht, Switzerland; Tetra Pak Converting Technologies
AB, Lund, Sweden; Toyo Engineering Corporation (TEC), Narashino-shi
Chiba, Japan; Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd., Kariya Aichi, Japan; Triconex
Corporation, Irvine, CA; Tsubakimoto Chain Co, Osaka, Japan; Tsuzuki
Software Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; USDATA Corporation, Richardson, TX;
Valmet Automation Inc., Tampere, Finland; VenturCom., Inc., Palo Alto,
CA; VISCOM Visual Communications, Bern, Switzerland; VMIC Huntsville,
AL; VTT Automation, Espoo, Finland; Yamatake Corporation, Tokyo, Japan;
and Z System Co., Ltd., Ehime, Japan have been added as parties to this
venture. Also, the following members have changed their name and/or
address: Biles & Associates, Houston, TX to Simulation Sciences Inc.,
Houston, TX; Ci Technologies Pty Limited, Pymble, Austria to Ci
Technologies Pty Limited, Hudson, FL; Johnson Yokogawa Corporation,
Newnan, GA to Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; RDI
Software, Des Plaines, IL to Geneer, Des Plaines, IL; Star Enterprise,
Houston, TX to Motiva Enterprise LLC, Delaware City, DE; Qualitrol
International, Charlotte, NC to The Software Toolbox, Charlotte, NC;
PID, Phoenix, AZ to Sequencia Corporation, Phoenix, AZ.
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 Ole for Process Control Foundation
intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes
in membership.
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On July 15, 1996, Ole for Process Control Foundation 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 August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42269).
The last notification was filed with the Department on December 18,
1996. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
section 6(b) of the Act on March 4, 1997 (62 FR 9812).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-20302 Filed 8-9-00; 8:45 am]
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