95-4926. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Titanium Matrix Composites Turbine Engine Component Consortium

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 11115]
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[FR Doc No: 95-4926]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Titanium Matrix Composites Turbine Engine 
Component Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 19, 1994, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), General Electric Company 
filed 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 Titanium Matrix Composites 
Turbine Engine Component Consortium (``TMCTECC''). 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: General Electric Company, acting by and through its GE 
Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, OH; United Technologies Corporation, 
acting by and through its Pratt & Whitney Government Engines and Space 
Propulsion Division, West Palm Beach, FL; Textron Specialty Materials, 
a Division of AVCO Corporation, Lowell, MA; Minnesota Mining & 
Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN; Howmet Corporation, Whitehall, MI; 
and Atlantic Research Corporation, Gainesville, VA. The TMCTECC was 
formed for the purpose to develop and qualify TMC reinforced parts and 
components and to establish low cost fibers, TMC's and component 
manufacturing processes for TMC implementation into production 
hardware. The TMCTECC shall seek to achieve this objective through 
development of cost-effective processes to produce TMC reinforced fan 
blades and frames.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-4926 Filed 2-28-95; 8:45 am]
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