[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 87 (Monday, May 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 25781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2233]



[[Page 25781]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Digital Body Development System

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 19, 2007, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Digital Body Development 
System (``DBDS'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) 
the identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the 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 identifies of the parties 
to the venture are: Altarum, Ann Arbor, MI; American Tooling Center, 
Madison Heights, MI; Atlas Tool, Inc., Roseville, MI; Center for 
Automotive Research, Ann Arbor, MI; CogniTens, Wixom, MI; Ford Motor 
Company, Dearborn, MI; General Motors, Warren, MI; Riviera Tool 
Company, Grand Rapids, MI; UGS PLM Solutions, Southfield, MI. The 
general area of DBDS's planned activity is to develop a decision 
support system that combines optical metrology, a finite element based 
assembly simulation engine, and intelligent agent based problem solving 
technology to enable the implementation of a virtual functional build 
methodology where designers and vehicle launch teams will be able to 
identify problems in assembly builds and make better problem solving 
decisions faster and understand the quality, cost, and timing impacts 
of those decisions.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-2233 Filed 5-4-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-11-M