[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 47248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6956]


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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.

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 26, 2006, 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. (``NCMS'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, BiODE, Inc., Westbrook, ME; Cor-Met Inc., 
Brighton, MI; Decagon Devices, Inc., Pullman, WA; The Euclid Chemical 
Company, Cleveland, OH; Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, Plymouth, 
MI; GKN Aerospace, Tallassee, AL; Midwest Thermal Spray, Farmington 
Hills, MI; and Smiths Detection-Danbury, Danbury, CT have been added as 
parties to this venture. Also, CGTech, Irvine, CA; Detroit Tool & 
Engineering Division, Vernon Hills, IL; DIT-MCO International, Kansas 
City, MO; ESSIbuy.com, Inc., St. Louis, MO; and Materials & 
Manufacturing Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada have withdrawn as 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 NCMS intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1987, NCMS 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 
March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).
    The last notification was filed with the Department of Justice on 
May 3, 2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 31, 2006 (71 FR 30960).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6956 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]
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