96-2658. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Intelligent Processing of Materials-Physical Vapor Deposition Consortium (IPM-PVD)

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4800]
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[FR Doc No: 96-2658]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Intelligent Processing of Materials-Physical 
Vapor Deposition Consortium (IPM-PVD)

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 26, 1995, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), United Technologies 
Corporation and General Electric Company 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: 
United Technologies Corporation acting by and through its Pratt & 
Whitney Government Engines and Space Propulsion, Pratt & Whitney 
Corporation, acting by and through its United Technologies Research 
Center, East Hartford, CT; and the General Electric Company, acting by 
and through its GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE), and through its GE 
Cooperative Research and Development (GE-CRD) Center, Evendale, OH.
    The objective of the program being pursued by the IPM-PVD is to 
conduct the development of a sensor package aimed at reducing 
processing costs, manufacturing variability and to enable 
implementation of advanced TBC architectures.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-2658 Filed 2-7-96; 8:45 am]
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