81 FR 12525 - Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Digital Manufacturing Design Innovation Institute

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 46 (March 9, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12525-12526]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05298]


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 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Digital Manufacturing Design Innovation 
Institute

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 5, 2016, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Digital Manufacturing 
Design Innovation Institute (``DMDII'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture 
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 
to the venture are: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, 
Frankfort, KY; Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Northwestern 
University, Evanston, IL; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, 
NY; University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, 
NY; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; University of Illinois-
Chicago, Chicago, IL; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL; 
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, MI; University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; General Electric, 
Niskayuna, NY; Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD; Rolls-Royce, 
Indianapolis, IN; Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software, Plano, 
TX; The Regents of the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; Georgia 
Tech, Atlanta, GA; Missouri University of Science and Technology, 
Rolla, MO; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; Purdue University, 
West Lafayette, IN; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; University of 
Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Boeing Company, Hazelwood, MO; Caterpillar, 
Mossville, IL; Deere and Company, Moline, IL; Illinois Tool Works, 
Glenview, IL; Microsoft, Redmond, WA; Palo Alto Research Center, Palo 
Alto, CA; Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH; Arizona State University, 
Tempe, AZ; Eastern Iowa Community College, Davenport, IA; Indiana 
University, Bloomington, IN; Mississippi State University, Starkville, 
MS; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; Ohio State University, 
Columbus, OH; Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX; The 
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; University of 
Alabama, Birmingham, AL; University of Delaware, Newark, DE; University 
of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; 
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; 3D Systems, Rock Hill, SC; 
3Degrees, Chicago, IL; 3rd Dimension, Indianapolis, IN; 4D Technology, 
Tucson, AZ; Advanced Dimensional Management, Sherwood, OR; Aeroeda, 
Jacksonville, FL; Alicona Corporation, Barlett, IL; Anark Corporation, 
Boulder, CO; aPriori Technologies, Concord, IL; Astronautics 
Corporation of America, Milwaukee, WI; Atlas Tool Works, Lyons, IL; 
Ausco, Inc., Farmingdale, NY; Authentise, Inc., Moffett Field, CA; 
Aztecs Plastic Company, Chicago, IL; BAE Systems Land & Armaments, 
Arlington, VA; Big Kaiser, Hoffman Estates, IL; Bi-Link, Bloomingdale, 
IL; BlueSwarf LLC, State College, PA; Boston Consulting Group, Boston, 
MA; Capvidia, New Ulm, MN; CH Tech, Irvine, CA; Chicago Scenic Studios, 
Chicago, IL; Chicago White Metal Castings, Bensenville, IL; Cisco 
Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC), 
Johnstown, PA; Craig Technologies, Cape Canaveral, FL; Crestlight 
Ventures, Santa Clara, CA; Daqri, Los Angeles, CA; Design Mill, 
Dubuque, IA: Dynamic Motion Control, Chicago, IL; EDM Department Inc., 
Bartlett, IL; Erwin Junker Machinery, Inc., Elgin, IL; ESI North 
America, Farmington Hills, MI; Fellaroy Corporation, Chicago, IL; 
Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., Richardson, TX; Galois, Portland, 
OR; Grainger, Lake Forest, IL; Grant Thornton, Chicago, IL; Graphicast, 
Jaffrey, NH; Green Dynamics, Costa Mesa, CA; Grote Industries, Harbec, 
Inc., Ontario, NY; Hyla Soft, Chicago, IL; Imprimis, Inc., Colorado 
Springs, CO; Industrial Network Systems (INS), Arlington Heights, IL; 
Integris Group LLC, East Peoria, IL; Intel, Santa Clara, CA; 
International Technegroup Inc. (ITI), Milford, OH; Isola USA Corp, 
Chandler, AZ; ITAMCO, Plymouth, IN; ITRI International Inc., San Jose, 
CA; Lexmark International, Lexington, KY; MakeTime, Lexington, KY; 
Manufacturing Systems Insights, Inc., Berkeley, CA; Matrix IV, Inc., 
Woodstock, IL; MetaMorph, Inc., Nashville, TN; Metrologic Group, Wixom, 
MI; MFG.com, Marietta, GA; Mitutoyo, Aurora, IL; MSC Software Corp., 
Newport Beach, CA; MSSRC, Hanover Park, IL; Nimbis, McLean, VA; Okuma, 
Charlotte, NC; OneFire, Peoria, IL; Optimax Systems, Ontario, NY; 
OptiPro Systems, Ontario, NY; Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI; PDA LLC, 
Naperville, IL; PDES, Inc., Newport Coast, CA; ProPlanner, Ames, IA; 
PTC, Inc., Needham, MA; QuesTek Innovations LLC, Evanston, IL; Raytheon 
Company, Andover, MA; RCM Industries, Inc., Franklin Park, IL; 
Renaissance Services Inc., Fairborn, OH; Rockwell Automation, 
Milwaukee, WI; Sage Clarity LLC, Chicago, IL; Sanmina, San Jose, CA; 
Shure Inc., Niles, IL; Sivyer Steel Corporation, Bettendorf; IA; SPIRE, 
Colorado Springs, CO; STEP Tools, Inc., Troy, NY; Strong Oak, Chicago, 
IL; Superior Joining Technologies, Machesney Park, IL; Tech Mahindra, 
Mumbai, INDIA; Tech Soft 3D, Inc., Bend, OR; TechSolve, Cincinnati, OH; 
The Innovation Machine, Chicago, IL; The Lucrum Group, Severna Park, 
MD; Tucker Innovations Inc., Waxhaw, NC; Twin City Die Castings, 
Minneapolis, MN; UL LLC, Chicago, IL; Virtual Systems Engineering, Iowa 
City, IA; Visi-Trak Worldwide, Valley View, OH; Vizrt, Inc., New York, 
NY; VTOL, Oak Lawn, IL; Wiegel Tool Works, Wood Dale, IL; Wittenstein, 
Inc., Bartlett, IL; Wrightwood Precision Products, Chicago, IL; Xebax 
Michigan Network,

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St. Clair Shores, MI; Alabama Technology Network, Montgomery, AL; 
American Foundry Society (AFS), Schaumburg, IL; Association for 
Manufacturing Technology (AMT), McLean, VA; Bethel New Life, Chicago, 
IL; Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium, Inc., Burleson, TX; 
Diverse Manufacturing Supply Chain Alliance, Rockville, MD; Edison 
Welding Institute, Inc. (EWI), Columbus, OH; Fabricator and 
Manufacturers Association, Rockford, IL; George Mason University, 
Fairfax, VA; Golden Corridor Advanced Manufacturing Partnership 
(GCAMP), Schaumburg, IL; Heartland Science and Technology Group, 
Champaign, IL; IPC International, Bannockburn, IL; Manufacturing 
Renaissance, Chicago, IL; Metropolitan State University of Denver, 
Denver, CO; MT Connect Institute, McLean, VA; NCMS (National Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences), Ann Arbor, MI; North American Die Casting 
Association (NADCA), Arlington Heights, IL; Quad City Manufacturing 
Laboratory, Rock Island, IL; Rockford Area Economic Development Council 
(RAEDC), Rockford, IL; Rocky Mountain Technology Alliance, Inc., 
Colorado Springs, CO; Science Olympiad, Oakbrook Terrace, IL; SME 
(formally Society of Manufacturing Engineers), Dearborn, MI; Steel 
Founders Society of America (SFSA), Crystal Lake, IL; The Organization 
for Machine Automation and Control, Reston, VA; University of Alabama-
Huntsville (UAH), Huntsville, AL; Visionary Center for Sustainable 
Communities, Knoxville, TN; and World Business Chicago (WBC), Chicago, 
IL.
    The general areas of DMDII's planned activities are: DMDII was 
established as part of the Nationwide Network for Manufacturing 
Innovation. The objective of DMDII is to significantly advance 
manufacturing within the United States. The goal of DMDII is to 
establish a national institute as a resource to focus on complex issues 
in advanced manufacturing and develop solutions to offset the risk to 
the U.S. industrial base in adopting these new technologies using a 
collaborative approach.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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