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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

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

Notice is hereby given that, on April 10, 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''), the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') filedwritten notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. The notifications were filedfor 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: Dow-United Technologies Composite Products, Inc., Wallingford, CT; OG Technology, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Preco Industries, Inc., Lenexa, KS; Steel Products Division (United Defense Systems, L.P.), Anniston, AL; MicroDexterity Systems, Inc., Carbondale, CO. Also approved for affiliate membership in NCMS were: Alberta Research Council, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA; Interconnection Technology Research Institute, Austin, TX; Industry Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA; Materials and Manufacturing Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA; National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.

The following companies recently resigned from membership in NCMS: Angle, Inc., Springfield, VA; SDL, Inc., San Jose, CA; American Foundrymen's Society, Des Plains, IL; Gear Research Institute, Evanston, IL.

No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. membership remains open, and NCMS intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes.

On February 20, 1987, NCMS filedits 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 filedwith the Department on October 20, 1997. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 28, 1997 (62 FR 63388). Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations Antitrust Division.

FR Doc. 98-16217Filed6-17-98; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4410-11-M