[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34363-34364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16688]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993 National Fluid Power Association Technology 
Roadmap Joint Development Process

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 21, 2009, 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 Fluid Power Association 
Technology Roadmap Joint Development Process (``NFPA Technology 
Roadmap'') 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 identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Bimba Manufacturing, Monee, IL; Bosch Rexroth, 
Hoffman Estates, IL; Caterpillar, Joliet, IL; Center for Compact and 
Efficient Fluid Power, Minneapolis, NN; Deltrol Fluid Products, 
Bellwood, IL; Eaton Corporation, Eden Prairie, NN; Enfield 
Technologies, Trumbull, CT; Festo Corporation, Hauppauge, NY; Gates 
Corporation, Denver, CO; HUSCO International, Waukesha, WI; Lynch

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Fluid Controls, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Moog, East Aurora, IL; 
National Fluid Power Association, Milwaukee, WI; Pall Aeropower, Fort 
Myers, FL; Parker Hannif in, Cleveland, OH; Poclain Hydraulics, 
Sturtevant, WI; Quality Control, Chicago, IL; ROSS Controls, Troy, MI; 
Sauer-Danfoss, Ames, IA; Schmalz, Raleigh, NC; and Sun Hydraulics, 
Sarasota, FL.
    The general area of NFPA's planned activity is the joint 
development of an action plan to identify and prioritize research and 
development projects in the fluid power industry, specifically, 
research investments, capability developments, and skills acquisitions 
needed to achieve advancement in hydraulics and pneumatics technology 
to meet future fluid power needs. For more information concerning the 
joint activities, please contact Eric Lanke, CAE, Executive Director of 
the National Fluid Power Association at 3333 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 211, 
Milwaukee, WI 53222.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-16688 Filed 7-14-09; 8:45 am]
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