[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3918]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Auto Body Consortium, Inc.--``Hot Metal Gas
Forming''
Notice is hereby given that, on December 21, 1998, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Auto Body Consortium,
Inc.--``Hot Metal Gas Forming'' has filed written notifications
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties 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 are
Atlas Technologies, Inc., Fenton, MI; Auto Body Consortium, Inc., Ann
Arbor, MI; Autodesk, Inc., Novi, MI; Battelle Memorial Institute,
Columbus, OH; Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI; Cooperweld,
Piqua, OH; Erie Press Systems, Erie, PA; Ford Motor Company, Dearborn,
MI; Hydrodynamics Technologies, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI; Lamb Technicon,
Warren, MI; Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee, WI; Sekely Industries,
Inc., Salem, OH; TOCCO, Inc., Madison Heights, MI; Tower Automotive,
Milwaukee, WI; and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. The nature and
objectives of the venture are to increase the competitiveness of the
U.S. vehicle structural component and tooling suppliers and allied
industries through lower product piece and tooling cost, faster tooling
time, and lower vehicle weight through the development of ``Hot Metal
Gas Forming'', an innovative metalforming technique to produce tubular
structural components.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operatives, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-3918 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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