[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 188 (Tuesday, September 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51957-51958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26049]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Universal Instruments Corporation
(``Universal'')
Notice is hereby given that, on March 20, 1998, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Universal Instruments Corporation
(``Universal'') has 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 Universal Instruments
Corporation, Binghamton, NY; Allen-Bradley Co., Inc., Mayfield Hts.,
OH; AMKOR Electronics Inc., Chandler, AZ; Cabletron Systems Inc.,
Rochester, NY; Flip Chip Technologies, Phoenix, AZ; Digital Equipment
Corporation, Hudson, MA; Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY; ERICSSON
RADIO SYSTEMS AB, Stockholm, SWEDEN; Heller Industries, Florham Park,
NJ; IBM Corporation, Endicott, NY; Kester
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Solder Div., Litton Systems, Inc., DesPlaines, IL; LSI Logic, Milpitas,
CA; Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd., Salo, FINLAND; Philips Consumer
Communications, LeMans, FRANCE; Photo Stencil, Colorado Springs, CO;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, GERMANY; VLSI Corporation, San Jose, CA;
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, TX; and Plexus
Corporation, Neenah, WI. The nature and objectives of the venture are
to acquire an in-depth understanding of all the material interactions
and process limitations affecting Chip Size Packaging (``CSP'') and
Direct Chip Attach (``DCA'') technologies which can be used to produce
high quality products at high yields in the electronics industry. The
overall objective of the venture is to provide fully documented
processes which can be used to produce high quality product at high
yields.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-26049 Filed 9-28-98; 8:45 am]
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