[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 30007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13865]


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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. (Formerly Known as Michigan Materials and Processing Institute)

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 29, 1998, 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. (formerly known as Michigan Materials and Processing 
Institute) 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, DASCOM, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA; Liburdi Dimetrics 
Corporation, Dundas, Ontario, CANADA; Liburdi Engineering Limited, 
Dundas, Ontario, CANADA; Liburdi Pulseweld Corporation, Dundas, 
Ontario, CANADA; and Northwest Mettech Corporation, Richmond, British 
Columbia, CANADA have been added as active members of this venture. 
Also, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA; Materials 
Technology Laboratory, CANMET, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA; and Natural 
Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA have been added as associate 
members. Also, Cimetrix Incorporated, Midvale, UT; J.P. Industrial, 
Inc., Canton, MI; and Littleford Brothers, Inc., Florence, KY have been 
dropped as parties to this venture.
    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. (formerly known as Michigan Materials and Processing 
Institute) intends to file additional written notification disclosing 
all changes in membership.
    On August 7, 1990, Michigan Materials and Processing Institute (now 
known as National Center for Manufacturing Sciences) 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 September 6, 1990 (55 FR 36710).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on February 9, 
1998. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on July 24, 1998 (63 FR 39902).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-13865 Filed 6-1-01; 8:45 am]
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