[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 34068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13976]


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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 April 30, 2012, 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, ACE Clearwater Enterprises, Torrance, CA; 
Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA; Chicago Coatings Group, Skokie, IL; 
Ciara Technologies, St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada; The Columbia Group, 
Inc., Washington, DC; Consumers Energy Company, Midland, MI; Curtiss-
Wright Surface Technologies, Paramus, NJ; Fraunhofer USA, Inc., 
Plymouth, MI; Goodrich Corporation, Brecksville, OH; Parker-Hannifin 
Corporation, Machesney Park, IL; Perfect Point, Inc., Huntington Beach, 
CA; and Roush Industries, Inc., Livonia, MI, have been added as parties 
to this venture.
    Also, adapt laser systems, LLC, Kansas City, MO; Advanced 
Processing Technologies (AVPRO), Norman, OK; Anglicotech LLC, 
Alpharetta, GA; Assembly Guidance Systems, Inc., Chelmsford, MA; 
Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Johnstown, PA; GKN Aerospace, 
Tallassee, AL; The Marlin Group, Arlington, VA; New Mexico Computing 
Applications Center (NMCAC); One Network Enterprises, Inc., Dallas, TX; 
Optomec, Inc., Albuquerque, NM; The Pacific Center for Advanced 
Technology Training (PCATT) at Honolulu Community College, Honolulu, 
HI; Packer Engineering, Inc., Naperville, IL; Parametric Technology 
Corporation (PTC), Waltham, MA; PDQ Precision Inc., National City, CA; 
Portal Dynamics, Inc., Alexandria, VA; REI Systems, Inc., Vienna, VA; 
Steinbichler Optotechnik GmbH, Neubeuern, Germany; and Superior 
Controls, Plymouth, MI, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 notifications 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 on November 22, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 21, 2011 (76 FR 79217).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement Antitrust Division.
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