[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 9357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-756]


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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 November 14, 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''), 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, Anautics, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK; Aspire 
Solutions, Inc., Fayetteville, AR; Black & Rossi, LLC, The Woodlands, 
TX; Northern Illinois University, Naperville, IL and Toyota Motor 
Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI have 
been added as parties to this venture. Also, City Machine Tool and Die 
Co., Inc., Muncie, IN; Indiana Business Modernization and Technology 
Corporation, Indianapolis, IN; Intrepid Solution, LLP, The Woodlands, 
TX; Kettering University, Flint, MI; Monode Marking Products, Inc., 
Mentor, OH; Software Productivity Consortium NFP, Inc., Herndon, VA; 
and Wisconsin Department of Development, Madison, WI have withdrawn as 
parties to this venture.
    In addition, BiODE, Inc. has changed its name to Vectron 
International, Westbrook, ME and Cincinnati Lamb to Cincinnati Machine, 
LLC, Hebron, KY.
    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 
July 24, 2007. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant 
to section 6(b) of the Act on August 27, 2007 (72 FR 49017).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 08-756 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am]
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