[Federal Register: May 9, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 91)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Ultrafine Grained Titanium for Near-Net Shape 
Forging--a Pathway to Titanium Market Expansion

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 17, 2007, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Ultrafine Grained Titanium 
for Near-net Shape Forging--A Pathway to Titanium Market Expansion 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: ATI AIlvac, Monroe, NC; and GE Global Research, 
Niskayuna, NY. The general area of this group research project's 
planned activity is to develop a novel ultrafine grained titanium 
billet process that will enable both near-net shape forging of standard 
alloys into complex components for aviation, energy, transportation and 
military markets.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-10139 Filed 5-8-08; 8:45 am]

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