[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8047]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Springback Predictability Venture
Notice is hereby given that, on February 26, 1996, pursuant to
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), parties to the Springback
Predictability Venture 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
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 Aluminum Company of
America, Alcoa Technical Center, Alcoa Center, PA; The Budd Company,
Troy, MI; Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI; Environmental
Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Ford Motor Company,
Dearborn, MI; General Motors Corporation, Warren, MI; and US Steel
Group, USX Corporation, Troy, MI. The purpose of the joint venture is
to conduct certain specified research to develop and validate a three-
dimensional computer code to accurately predict stress, strain,
fracture and geometrical imperfection, such as highs, lows, wrinkles
and sidewall curling, in sheet metal draw, restrike and flanging dies,
with an emphasis on springback after removal from the die and after
trimming, using an incremental theory of elastro-plasticity. The
activities of this project will be partially funded by an award from
the Advanced Technology Program, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Department of Commerce.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8047 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]
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