[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52959-52960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22760]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Ultrasonic Metal Welding--Enabling the All 
Aluminum Vehicle

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 6, 2003, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Ford Motor Company has filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade

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Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the 
nature and objectives of the Ultrasonic Metal Welding--Enabling the All 
Aluminum Vehicle research venture. The notifications were filed for the 
purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are 
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; Edison Welding Institute (EWI), 
Columbus, OH; Sonobond Ultrasonic, Inc., West Chester, PA; and American 
Technology, Inc. (AmTech), Danbury, CT. The nature and objectives of 
the venture are to conduct research on ultrasonic metal welding--
enabling the all-aluminum vehicle. The activities of this joint venture 
will be partially funded by an award from the Advanced Technology 
Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-22760 Filed 9-5-03; 8:45 am]
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