[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5246]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--National Center for Manufacturing Sciences,
Inc. (NCMS)
Notice is hereby given that, on February 4, 1997, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the National Center for
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') has filed written notifications
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade
Commission disclosing changes in its membership and providing
information on the status of its research projects. The notifications
were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified
circumstances. Specifically, the following companies were accepted as
active members of NCMS: Advanced Technology & Research Corporation,
Burtonsville, MD; Lockheed Martin Corporation, Idaho Falls, ID; OMNEX
Engineering & Management, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; and Structural Dynamics
Research Corporation, Milford, OH. Software Productivity Consortium
NFP, Inc., Herndon, VA, was approved for affiliate membership. Cimflex
Teknowledge Corporation, Palo Alto, CA, changed its name to Teknowledge
Corporation, and ICAD, Inc., Burlington, MA, has changed its name to
Concentra Corporation. The McNeal-Schwendler Corporation, Los Angeles,
CA, acquired Aries Technology, Inc. and subsequently became a member of
NCMS. The following companies have canceled their active membership in
NCMS: Andersen Consulting LLP, Detroit, MI; Computer Tool & Die
Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., College
Station, TX; Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA; C. Thorrez
Industries, Inc., Jackson, MI; and Weed Instrument Company, Inc., Simi
Valley, CA. The following organizations have resigned from affiliate
membership in NCMS: American Supplier Institute, Allen Park, MI; Les
Chefs Mailleurs de la Qualite, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group
research project remains open, and NCMS intends to file additional
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
On February 20, 1987, NCMS filed its original notification pursuant
to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a
notice in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on
March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).
The last notification was filed with the Department on November 24,
1996. This notice was published in the Federal Register on December 19,
1996 (61 FR 67067).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-5246 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am]
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