[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24972-24973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10445]


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 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993 ODVA, Inc. (Formerly Open Devicenet Vendor 
Association, Inc.)

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 17, 2010, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Open DeviceNet Vendor 
Association, Inc. (``ODVA'') 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. Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, Inc. has changed its 
name to ODVA, Inc. (``ODVA''). In addition, ICES, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF 
KOREA; Hesmor GrnbH, Aachen, NRW, GERMANY; Wittenstein

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AG, Igersheim, BadenWurttemberg, GERMANY; Kunbus GmbH Industrial 
Communication, Denhendorf, BW, GERMANY; Azbil North America, Inc. 
(formerly Yamatake Sensing Control), Phoenix, AZ; LS Cable, Anyang-Si, 
Gyeonggi-do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; VAT Vacuum Valves AG, Haag, St. Gallen, 
SWITZERLAND; Caron Engineering, Inc., Wells, ME; Spang Power 
Electronics, Pittsburgh, PA; Alstom Transport, LevalloisPerret, FRANCE; 
Endress+Hauser, Reinach, SWITZERLAND; Panasonic Corporation/Motor 
Company, Daito City, Osaka, JAPAN; Control Concepts Inc., Chanhassen, 
MN; Exlar Corporation, Chanhassen, MN; Hermary Opto Electronics Inc., 
Coquitlam, British Columbia, CANADA; Kaijo Corporation, Hamura City, 
Tokyo, JAPAN; and Procon Engineering Limited, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, 
UNITED KINGDOM, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Semtorq Inc., Aurora, OH; Real Time Objects & Systems, LLC, 
Brookfield, WI; Ross Controls, Troy, MI; RuggedCom Inc., Concord, 
Ontario, CANADA; Rockwell Automation/Reliance Electric, Greenville, SC; 
DAIDEN Co., Ltd., Kurume City, JAPAN; CommScope, Inc., Claremont, NC; 
Graco Inc., Minneapolis, MN; DDK Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Souriau, York, PA; 
BOC Edwards, Crawley, West Sussex, UNITED KINGDOM; Yaskawa Eshed 
Technology Ltd., Rosh Ha'ayin, ISRAEL; Automationdirect.com, Curnming, 
GA; Comau S.p.A. Robotics & Final Assembly Division, Torino, ITALY; 
MettlerToledo, Greifensee, SWITZERLAND; Ten X Technology, Inc., Austin, 
TX; Cervis Inc., Warrendale, PA; IDEC IZUNI Corporation, Osaka, JAPAN; 
National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA; MISCO Refractometer, 
Cleveland, OH; Banner Engineering Corporation, Minneapolis, MN; ASI 
Advanced Semiconductor Instruments GrnbH, Berlin, GERMANY; AGM 
Electronics, Inc., Tuscon, AZ; Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, 
NY; Tyco Electronics, Schaffhausen, SWITZERLAND; NT International, an 
Entegris Company, Minneapolis, MN; LEONI Special Cables GrnbH, 
Friesoythe, GERMANY; HanYang System, Shihung-Shi, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; 
INNOBIS, CheonanSi, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; S-Net Automation Co., Ltd., 
Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; LinkBASE, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; KELK, 
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; TPC Mechatronics, Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC 
OF KOREA; Robostar Co., Ltd., Ansan City, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Hanyoung 
Nux, Incheon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Kuroda Pneumatics Ltd., Kawasaki, 
Kanagawa, JAPAN; S0ftDEL Systems Limited, Mumbai, INDIA; Elettro Stemi 
S.R.L., Altavilla Vicentina, ITALY; Welding Technology Corporation 
(WTC), Carol Stream, IL; KVC Co. Ltd., Bucheon-Si, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; 
Northern Network Solutions, LLC, Cottage Grove, MI; Hitachi Industrial 
Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Seoil Electric Co., Ltd., 
Namyang-Si, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Kun Hung Electric Co., Ltd., Seoul, 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Dynisco Instruments LLC, Franklin, MA; Electro-
Sensors, Inc., Minnetonka, NN; Contrex Inc., Maple Grove, bIN; Korenix 
Technology Co. Ltd., Taipei, TAIWAN; Arlington Laboratory, Burlington, 
MA; Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN; and Phoenix 
Digital Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ, have withdrawn as parties to this 
venture.
    The following members have changed their names: Parker Hannif in 
Corp. (Veriflo Division) to Parker Hannif in Corporation, Cleveland, 
OH; Kistler-Morse Corporation to Kistler-Morse, Spartanburg, SC; Showa 
Electric Wire & Cable Co. to SWCC Showa Cable Systems Co., Ltd., 
Aomori-City, JAPAN; ARO Controls S.A.S. to ARO Welding Technologies 
S.A.S., Chateau du Loir, FRANCE; Komatsu Electronics Inc. to KELK, 
Hiratsuka, JAPAN; Hirschmann to Hirschmann, a Belden brand, 
Neckartenzlingen, GERMANY; Lumberg, Inc. to Lumberg, a Belden brand, 
Schalksm[uuml]hle, GERMANY; Toshiba International Corporation to 
Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; Sola/Heavy Duty to SolaHD, Rosemont, 
IL; Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd. to Kuroda Pneumatics Ltd., 
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JAPAN; and MTT Company Ltd. to MTT Corporation, 
Hyogo, JAPAN.
    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 ODVA intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On June 21, 1995, ODVA 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 February 
15, 1996 (61 FR 6039).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on April 10, 
2009. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 21, 2009 (73 FR 23884).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
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