9812 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 42 / Tuesday, March 4, 1997 / Notices

Statement to be served on February 20,

1997, by overnight delivery to:

William R. Landry, Blish & Cavanagh,

Commerce Center, 30 Exchange

Terrace, Providence, R.I. 02903-1765

and by first class mail to:

William G. Kopit, Epstein Becker &

Green, 1227 25th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20037.

Dated: February 20, 1997.

Steven Kramer,

Attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department

of Justice, 325 7th Street, N.W., Room 426,

Washington, D.C. 20530, (202) 307-0997.

[FR Doc. 97–5151 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

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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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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993; Ole for Process Control

(OPC) Foundation

Notice is hereby given that, on

December 18, 1996, pursuant to § 6(a) of

the National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

§ 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the Ole for

Process Control Foundation (‘‘OPC’’)

has filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership. 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.

Specifically, the identities of the new

members are as follows: ABB Asea

Brown Boveri Ltd., Zurich,

SWITZERLAND; Applicorn

International S.A., Caudebec Les Elbeuf,

FRANCE; Biles & Associates, Houston,

TX; Canary Labs, Inc., Martinsburg, PA;

Ci Technologies Pty Limited, Pymble,

NSW, AUSTRALIA; Dynapro Systems,

Inc., New Westminster, BC, CANADA;

Hardy Software Systems, Inc., Houston,

TX; Honeywell, Inc., Phoenix, AZ;

ICONICS, INC., Foxborough, MA;

Institut fur Automation und

Kommunikation e. V. Magdeburg,

Barleben, GERMANY; Johnson

Yokogawa Corporation, Newnan, GA;

National Instruments, Austin, TX;

OMNX Control Systems, Charleston,

TN; PID, Phoenix, AZ; Process

Automation Systems, Inc., Vancouver,

BC, CANADA; ProMicro Ltd., London,

ENGLAND; RDI Software Technologies,

Inc., Des Plaines, IL; Roy-G-Biv

Corporation, Seattle, WA; S–S

Technologies, Inc., Kitchener, ON,

CANADA; Siemens AG, AUT 1E

Nuremberg, GERMANY; SoftPLC

Corporation, Humble, TX; Star

Enterprise, Houston, TX; TA

Engineering Co., Inc., Moraga, CA; The

Foxboro Company, Foxboro, MA; The

Software Studio, Inc., Cupertino, CA;

Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN;

Trebing & Himstedt Prozessautomation

GmbH & Co. KG, Schwerin, GERMANY;

and Wonderware Corporation, Irvine,

CA. One member, Rockwell Software,

Inc., has moved from Milwaukee, WI to

West Allis, WI.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of OPC. Membership in this

venture remains open and OPC intends

to file additional written notifications

disclosing all membership changes.

On July 15, 1996, the Ole for Process

Control Foundation (‘‘OPC’’), filed its

original notification pursuant to § 6(b) of

the Act. The Department of Justice

published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to § 6(b) of the Act on

August 14, 1996 (61 Fed. Reg. 42269).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993; VSI Alliance

Notice is hereby given that, on

November 29, 1996, pursuant to § 6(a) of

the National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

§ 4301 et seq.. (‘‘the Act’’), the VSI

Alliance (‘‘VSI’’) 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 § 6(b) of the

Act, the identities of the parties are:

Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.,

Cambridge, ENGLAND; Cadence Design

Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Fujitsu

Limited, Kawasaki, JAPAN; Mentor

Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, OR;

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN;