[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5969-5970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2849]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--National Elevator Industry, Inc.
Notice is hereby given that, on September 8, 1997, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the National Elevator
Industry, Inc. (``NEII''), on behalf of the participants of the
Escalator Performance Standard Study Agreement joint venture, 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: Bay State Elevator Company, Inc., Agawam, MA;
Demetrius G. Bellas, Bay State Elevator Company, Inc., Agawam, MA;
Louis Bialy, Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT; James Bolch, Otis
Elevator Company, Bloomfield, CT; Calvin Brast, Montgomery Kone Inc.,
Louisville, KY; Davie Camp, Dover Elevator Systems Inc., Memphis, TN;
John Corcoran, Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ; John J.
Delorenzi, Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ; Edward A.
Donoghue, Salem, NY;
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Edward A. Donoghue Associates Inc., Salem, NY; Dover Elevator Systems
Inc., Memphis, TN; Tim Duin, Montgomery Kone Inc., Moline, IL; Eastern
Elevator Company Inc., New Haven, CT; Paul Farnsworth, Eastern Elevator
Company, Inc., New Haven, CT; Fujitech America Inc., Lebanon, OH;
Maurice Gage, Ouachita Elevator Consultants Inc., Oden, AR; Zenola
Harper, Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT; Thomas Hubbell,
Montgomery Kone Inc., Moline, IL; Andrew Juhasz, Montgomery Kone Inc.,
Moline, IL; George Kappenhagen, Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown,
NJ; John S.M. Karnash, Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ; Dennis
M. Mayer, Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT; Millar Elevator
Service Company, Holland, OH; Montgomery Kone Inc., Moline, IL;
National Elevator Industry, Inc., Fort Lee, NJ; Tom Nurnberg,
Montgomery Kone Inc., Moline, IL; Otis Elevator Company, Bloomfield,
CT; Ouachita Elevator Consultants Inc., Oden, AR; Edward Parvis,
Fujitech America Inc., Lebanon, OH; Edwin M. Philpot, Dover Elevator
Systems Inc., Memphis, TN; Jerry Pohlman, Millar Elevator Service
Company, Holland, OH; Frank Sansevero, Otis Elevator Company,
Farmington, CT; Robert Schaeffer, Montgomery Kone Inc., Moline, IL;
Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ; Jean Smith, Schindler
Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ; David L. Steel, Otis Elevator Company,
Farmington, CT; and E. James Walker, Jr., NEII, Fort Lee, NJ. The
general area of planned activity will involve an independent study to
define a performance standard to measure potential entrapment between
the moving steps and the stationary skirt panel on escalators. The
objectives of the joint venture are to: (1) Create a concept for
developing a performance standard that measures the potential for step-
skirt entrapment and a viable methodology for measurement and
verification of the standard; (2) develop a methodology and tool(s)
suitable for field use that will measure the potential of step-skirt
entrapment; and (3) perform proof-of-concept experiments to validate
the measurement methodology and performance standard.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-2849 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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