[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29241-29242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13157]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Consortium for Battery Innovation
Notice is hereby given that, on May 28, 2019, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Consortium for Battery Innovation
(``CBI'') 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: Acumuladores Moura S.A., Belo Jardim, BRAZIL;
Addenda Corporation, Indianapolis, IN; Advanced Battery Concepts,
Clare, MI; AFEMS, Brussels, BELGUIM; Affinerie de Pont Sainte Maxence,
Brenouille, FRANCE; Akkumulatorenfabrik MOLL, Bad Staffelstein,
GERMANY; Amer-Sil, Kehlen, LUXEMBOURG; ArcActive Limited, Christchurch,
NEW ZEALAND; As Batteriretur, Borgenhaugen, NORWAY; Atomized Products
Group, Inc., Chesapeake, VA; Aurubis AG, Hamburg, GERMANY; Banner GmbH,
Linz, AUSTRIA; Battery Energy Power Solutions, Pty. Ltd., Fairfield,
AUSTRALIA; Berzelius Metall GmbH, Braubach, GERMANY; Black Diamond
Structures, Austin, TX; BMG Metall & Recycling, GmbH, Arnoldstein,
AUSTRIA; Boliden AB, Stockholm, SWEDEN; BSB Recycling, Braubach,
GERMANY; C&D Trojan Battery Company, Blue Bell, PA; Cabot Corporation,
Billerica, MA; Calder Industrial Materials, Chester, UNITED KINGDOM;
Campine Recycling, Beerse, BELGUIM; Cookson Group, London, UNITED
KINGDOM; CoplosaSA, Barcelona, SPAIN; Crown Battery Mfg. Co., Fremont,
IL; Daramic, LLC, Owensboro, KY; Doe Run Company, St. Louis, MO; East
Penn Manufacturing, Lyon Station, PA; ECOBAT Technologies, Derbyshire,
UNITED KINGDOM; Electric Applications Incorporated, Phoenix, AZ; EnerG2
Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA; EnerSys, Reading, PA; EnerSys,
Newport, UNITED KINGDOM; Engitec Technologies SpA, Novate Milanese,
ITALY; EnviroWales, Gwent, UNITED KINGDOM; Exide Technologies Recycling
II, Lda, Azambuja, PORTUGAL; Excide Technologies SLU, Poznan, POLAND;
Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd., Iwaki City, JAPAN; Glencore, Baar,
SWITZERLAND; Gopher Resource, Eagan, MN; Gravita India, Jaipur, INDIA;
H Folke Sandelin AB, Motala, SWEDEN; HJ Enthoven & Sons, Derbyshire,
UNITED KINGDOM; Hakurnas Lead Works, Ahood, ISRAEL; Hammond Group,
Inc., Hammond, IN; Hoppecke Batterien GmbH & Co. KG, Brilon-Hoppecke,
GERMANY; Interstate Batteries, Dallas, TX; JCI (Europe), Hannover,
GERMANY; KCM SA, Plovdiv, BULGARIA; Kovohute Pribam, Pribram, CZECH
REPUBLIC; LignoTech USA, Rothschild, WI; Livguard Batteries Private
Limited, Gurgaon, INDIA; Lundin Mining, Stockholm, SWEDEN; Metallo
Belgium N.V., Beerse, BELGUIM; Microporous, LLC, Piney Flats, TN;
Microtex Energy Private Limited, Bangalore, INDIA; MPI Reciklaza, Cra
Na Koroskem, SLOVENIA; Muldenhutten Recycling und Umwelttechnik GmbH,
Bobritzsch-Hilbersdorf, GERMANY; Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH,
Cologne, GERMANY; Penox GmbH, Ohrdrufr, GERMANY; Recylex, Nordenham,
GERMANY; Rombat, Bistrita-Nasaud, ROMANIA; RSR Corporation, Dallas, TX;
South32, Singapore, SINGAPORE; STCM, Bazoches-les-Gallerandes, FRANCE;
Superior Graphite, Chicago, IL; TBS Engineering Ltd., Brockworth,
UNITED KINGDOM; Teck Resources Limited, Anchorage, AL; Tydrolyte LLC,
Troy, MI; WL Gore and Associates, Elkton, MD; WaveTech GmbH, Rheinbach,
GERMANY; and Zhejiang Narada Power Source Co. Ltd., Hangzhou, PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
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Participants will provide economic support, advice, and other
assistance to CBI, which, as an ILA project, is subject to the
oversight of the ILA Board of Directors.
ILA's current membership consists primarily of lead producers and
other companies having a direct interest in lead and its use. ILA is a
non-profit, tax-exempt research organization whose functions include
the management of research to improve existing uses and advance new
applications for lead. The CBI program has been established by ILA to
carry out research and development of lead-based battery technologies.
The CBI participants include companies who are not members of ILA.
The general area of CBI's planned activity is to serve the needs of
its members by supporting cutting edge pre-competitive scientific
research and promoting innovation in lead battery technology to
maximize the market potential for lead batteries and the prosperity of
actors in the lead battery value chain. CBI's vision is to be
recognized by all stakeholders as the trusted global center for
collaborative, pre-competitive lead battery research and authoritative
voice on lead battery innovation by taking a leadership role in
supporting lead battery research investment and the promotion of
innovation. Membership in the Consortium includes lead producers;
battery manufacturers; battery equipment, material and component
manufacturers/suppliers; commodity traders; end users; research,
testing and other services; universities; and affiliates. Consortium
membership remains open, and the parties intend to file additional
written notification disclosing all changes in membership to CBI.
Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-13157 Filed 6-20-19; 8:45 am]
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