[Federal Register: November 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 218)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 15, 2003, 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. has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, Anautics, Inc., 
Oklahoma City, OK; BCT Technology, Inc., Willstaett, GERMANY; Cohesia 
Corporation, Mason, OH; Collins & Aikman Corporation, Troy, MI; 
FIATECH, Austin, TX; Fidelis Security Systems, Inc., Bethesda, MD; 
Henkel Electronic, Conductive Die Attach Division, City of Industry, 
CA; PPG Industries, Cleveland, OH and Siemens AG, Orlando, FL have been 
added as parties to this venture.
    The following companies have resigned or had their membership in 
NCMS terminated: Impact Engineering, Jackson, MI; Industrial Technology 
Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA; and Motorsoft, Lebanon, OH.
    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 The National Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. intends to file additional written 
notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1987, The National Center for Manufacturing 
Sciences, Inc. 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 July 30, 
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 15, 2003 (68 FR 48941).

Dorothy Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-28246 Filed 11-10-03; 8:45 am]

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