[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6522-6523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1166]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--International Electronics Manufacturing 
Initiative (Formerly National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative)

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 5, 2006, pursuant to 
seciton 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), International Electronics 
Manufacturing Initiative (``iNEMI'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership, nature and objectives. 
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.
    National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) has changed 
its name to: International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative 
(iNEMI). The nature and objectives of iNEMI are to facilitate research 
and development in connection with materials, components, 
manufacturing-related technologies, and equipment for the manufacture 
of electronics products. In that connection,

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iNEMI plans to create technology roadmaps for future needs with respect 
to electronics products and propose and describe technical goals for 
materials, components, equipment, and manufacturing processes; promote 
research and development, and perform the evaluation of the ability to 
commercialize such technologies with members in conjunction with the 
aforementioned goals. iNEMI's project participants will collect, 
exchange, and, where appropriate, license or make public the results of 
the evacuations, research, and development; work closely with various 
governmental and private agencies, and perform other acts allowed by 
the National Cooperative Research and Production Act that would advance 
iNEMI's objectives.
    In addition, Coherent, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Guidant CRM (Cardiac 
Rhythm Management), St. Paul, MN; KLA-Tencor, San Jose, CA; Medtronic 
Microelectronics Center, Tempe, AZ; NanoDynamics, Inc., Buffalo, NY; 
ERSA North America, Plymouth, WI; Nihon Superior Co., Ltd., Osaka, 
JAPAN; PCNalert, Pasadena, CA; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; 
Symbol Technologies, Holtsville, NY; Total Parts Plus, Fort Walton 
Beach, FL; and Henkel Corporation, Irvine, CA have been added as 
parties to this venture. Also, Aurora Instruments, Inc., Ambler, PA; 
BTU International, North Billerica, MA; Cray, Inc., Chippewa Falls, WI; 
Centor Software, Irvine, CA; LACE Technologies, St. Charles, IL; Meta 
Group, Stamford, CT; Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc., Willow Grove, 
PA; Vytran Corporation, Morganville, NJ; and Sumitomo Electric 
Lightwave Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC have withdrawn 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 iNEMI intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On June 6, 1996, NEMI 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 June 28, 
1996 (61 FR 33774).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 23, 
2004. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on May 25, 2004 (69 FR 29755).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-1166 Filed 2-7-06; 8:45 am]
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