[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.
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