Federal Register: February 24, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 36)
DOCID: FR Doc 04-3987
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Open Devicenet Vendor Association, Inc.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Notice is hereby given that, on December 31, 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''), Open Devicenet Vendor
Association, 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, ABB Industrial systems, New Berlin, WI; ABB Welding
Systems AB, Laxa, SWEDEN; AC Technology Corp, Uxbridge, MA; ACCUSort
Systems, Inc., Telford, PA; Advance Electric Company, Inc., Aichi,
JAPAN; Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., Ft. Collins, CO; Advanced
Energy JAPAN K.K., Tokyo, JAPAN; Aera Corporation, Austin, TX; Alden
Products Company, Brockton, MA; Alfa Laval LKM as, Kolding, DENMARK;
Alpha Gear Drives, Elk Grove Village, IL; AMC Technologies Corporation,
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA; Ametek Automation & Process Technologies,
Clawson, MI; Animatics Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; ANYWIRE
CORPORATION, Kyoto, JAPAN; Arlington Laboratory, Burlington, MA; ARO Controls S.A.S., Chateau du Loir, FRANCE; Aros
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Electronics AB, Molndal, SWEDEN; ASI Advanced Semiconductor Instruments
GmbH, Berlin, GERMANY; Auma Actuators Inc., Pittsburgh, PA;
Automationdirect.com, Cumming, GA; Autonics Corporation, KyungNam,
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Baldor Electric, Fort Smith, AR; Balogh T.A.G.,
Corporation, Brighton, MI; Beckhoff Industrie Elektronik, Nurnberg,
GERMANY; Bellofram Corp., New Berlin, WI; Beta LaserMike Limited, High
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UNITED KINGDOM; BF ENTRON Ltd. (British
Federal), Dudley, West Midlands, UNITED KINGDOM; BOC Edwards,
Eastbourne, East Sussex, UNITED KINGDOM; Bosch Rexroth, Lohr am Main,
GERMANY; Bray Controls USA, Houston, TX; Bronkhorst HighTech B.V.,
Ruurlo, THE NETHERLANDS; Brooks Automation, Inc., Chelmsford, MA;
Brooks Instrument/Div. of Emerson, Hatfield, PA; C&M Corporation,
Wauregan, CT; CELERITY, Yorba Linda, CA; Celesco Transducer Products,
Inc., Chatsworth, CA; CISCO Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA; CKD Corporation,
Aichi, JAPAN; Cognex Corporation, West Allis, WI; Comdel Inc.,
Gloucester, MA; CommScope, Inc., Claremont, NC, COM TEC, Appleton, WI;
Contrex Inc., Maple Grove, MN; Control Logic Inc., Mesa, AZ; Control
System Technology Pty. Ltd., Mortdale, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA;
Control Techniques PLC, Newtown Powys, UNITED KINGDOM; Control
Technology Corporation, Hopkinton, MA; Conxall Corporation Inc., Villa
Park, IL; Cosmotechs Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JAPAN; Crevis Co., LTD, Suwon
City Kyung KiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; CrouseHinds Molded Products,
LaGrange, NC; CSIRO Mining Automation, Pullenvale, Queensland,
AUSTRALIA; DAIDEN Co., Ltd., Fukuoka, JAPAN; DDK Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN;
Delta Computer Systems Inc., Vancouver, WA; Denker, Onehunga, Auckland,
NEW ZEALAND; Deutschmann Automation GmbH, Bad Camberg, GERMANY; Digi
International, Inc., Lakeville, MN; Dressler HFTechnik GmbH,
Stolberg, GERMANY; DVT Corporation, Norcross, GA; E.O.A. Systems Inc.,
Carrollton, TX; EBARA Technologies Inc., Sacramento, CA; Edwards
Signaling, Cheshire, CT; Eilersen Electric A/S, Kokkedal, DENMARK;
Electronic Innovation, Inc.Falter Engineering, Sudbury, Ontario,
CANADA; ElectroSensors, Inc., Minnetonka, MN; EnerconNord Electronic
GmbH, Bargteheide, GERMANY; Escort Memory Systems, Scotts Valley, CA;
esd electronic system design gmbh, Hanover, GERMANY; EXOR Electronic
R&D, Cincinnati, OH; Fairchild Industrial Products Company, Winston
Salem, NC; Fanuc Robotics North America, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI;
Fife Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK; Flexible Machine Controls,
Wendywood, SOUTH AFRICA; FRABA Sensorsysteme GmbH, Koln, GERMANY;
Frontline Test Equipment, Charlottesville, VA; Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.,
Saitamaken, JAPAN; Fujikin, Inc., Osaka, JAPAN; GE Fanuc Automation
North America, Inc., Charlottesville, VA; Helix Technology Corp.,
Longmont, CO; Grayhill Inc., La Grange, IL; Hae Pyung Electronics
Research Institute, Kyungbukdo Province, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; HANA
Information Technology Co., Ltd., Pusan, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; HANMI Co.
Ltd., IncheonCity, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Hardy Instruments, Inc., San
Diego, CA; Harting, Inc. NA, Elgin, IL; Hengstler GmbH, Aldingen,
GERMANY; Hilscher GmbH, Hattersheim, GERMANY; Hirschmann, Inc, Pine
Brook, NJ; Hitachi Cable Ltd., Ibaraki, JAPAN; Hitachi Metals, Ltd.,
Tokyo, JAPAN; Hitachi Naka Electronics Co. Ltd., Ibarakiken, JAPAN; HM
Computing Ltd., Malvern, Worcestershire, UNITED KINGDOM; Holec Holland
N.V., sc Hengelo, THE NETHERLANDS; Holjeron, Wilsonville, OR; Horiba
STEC Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; Horner Electric, Indianapolis, IN; Hyde Park
Electronics, Inc., Dayton, OH; IAI Corporation, Shiizucity, Shizuoka, JAPAN; ICP PanelTec, Inc., Huntsville, AL; ICTIndustrial
Communications Technologies, Newburyport, MA; IDEC IZUMI Corporation,
Yodogawa Ku, Osaka, JAPAN; IMI Norgren Limited, Littleton, CO;
Industrial Network Controls, LLC, Coopersburg, PA; INFICON Holding AG,
St. Gallen, SWITZERLAND; Intelligent Motion Systems, Marlborough, CT;
InterlinkBT LLC, Plymouth, MN; ISASIntegrated Switchgear & Sys. Pty.
Ltd., Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA; IVO GmbH & Co., Villingen
Schwenningen, GERMANY; IXXAT Automation GmbH, Weingarten, GERMANY;
JEONGIL INTERCOM CO., LTD, KyunggiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; KDT Systems
Co., Ltd., KyungkiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; KistlerMorse Corporation,
Bothell, WA; Koganei Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; Kojima Instruments
Inc., Tsuzukigun Kyoto, JAPAN; Kubler GmbH, VSSchwennigen, GERMANY;
Kuramo Electric Co., Ltd., Fukuiken, JAPAN; Kuroda Precision
Industries Ltd., Kanagawa, JAPAN; Lantronix, Inc., Naperville, IL; Lapp
USA, Inc. (Olflex Wire & Cable), Florham Park, NJ; Leine & Linde,
Strangnas, SWEDEN; LEONI Special Cables GmbH, Friesoythe, GERMANY;
Leybold Vacuum GmbH, Koeln, GERMANY; LG Cable Ltd., Anyang KyunggiDo,
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; LG Industrial System Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF
KOREA; Lika Electronic SNC, Carre (Vi), ITALY; LINTEC Co., Ltd, Shiga,
JAPAN; Livingston & Co., Inc., West Lebanon, NH; M. System Co., Ltd.,
Yokohama, JAPAN; Madison Cable Corporation, Worcester, MA; Marathon
Ltd., Moscow, RUSSIA; Marsh BelloframBellofram PCD Division, Newell,
WV; Matric Limited Inc., Seneca, PA; Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN; Max Stegmann GmbH, Donaueschingen, GERMANY;
Meidensha Corporation, Shizoukaken, JAPAN; Mencom Corporation,
Gainesville, GA; Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. (MEAU), Vernon
Hills, IL; Moeller ElectroniX, Detmold, GERMANY; MTT Company Ltd.,
Hyogo, JAPAN; Murrelektronik GmbH, Oppenweiler, GERMANY; Nihon Electric
Wire & Cable Co., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN; Nikki Denso Co., Ltd., Chiba,
JAPAN; NKE Corporation, Kyoto, JAPAN; Nohken, Inc., Chiyodaku, Tokyo,
JAPAN; Northwire Inc., Osceola, WI; NSK Corporation, Bloomingdale, IL;
NSK Precision Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JAPAN; NT International,
Minneapolis, MN; Omron Software Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JAPAN; Oriental
Motor Company, Chiba, JAPAN; Panduit Corporation, Orland Park, IL;
Partlow, Gurnee, IL; POSCON, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; ProportionAir,
Inc., McCordsville, IN; Proteus Industries Inc., Mountain View, CA;
Pyramid Solutions, Inc., Troy, MI; QUALIFLOW, Montpellier, FRANCE; Real
Time Automation (C&ID), Wauwatosa, WI; Real Time Objects & Systems,
Brookfield, WI; Red Lion Controls, York, PA; Redwood MicroSystems,
Inc., Menlo Park, CA; Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Rice Lake, WI; Riken
Keiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Rockwell Samsung Automation, Suwon
KyunggiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Rotork Controls Ltd., Bath, Avon, UNITED
KINGDOM; Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Sanyo Machine Works,
Ltd., Aichi, JAPAN; Schneider Electric, Seigenatadt, Germany;
Scientific Technologies, Inc., Fremont, CA; SEC (Samsung Electronics
Co., Ltd.), SuwonCity KyunggiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Seiko Seiki Co.,
Ltd., Chiba, JAPAN; SEMATECH, Austin, TX; Sense Electronica LTDA, Sao
Paulo, BRAZIL; Seoil Electric Co., Ltd., KyunggiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA;
SEW Eurodrive GmbH, Bruchsal, GERMANY; Shanghai Aton Electric Co., Ltd., Shanghai, PEOPLE'S
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REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Shimaden Co., Ltd., Saitama Prefecture, JAPAN; SHIN
HO SYSTEM Co., Ltd., Seogu, Inchon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SICK AG,
Waldkirch, GERMANY; SIEI S.p.A., Gerenzano VA, ITALY; Siemens Energy &
Automation, Inc., Johnson City, TN; Sola/HeviDuty, Skokie, IL;
Stegmann, Inc., Dayton, OH; StoneL Corp., Fergus Hills, MN; SungGi
Internet Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SWAC Automation Consult
GmbH, Oberhaching, GERMANY; Syron Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc.,
Saline, MI; System Controls, Limited, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND; T.B.
Wood's Incorporated, Chambersburg, PA; Tang & Associates, Cheras,
Selangor, MALAYSIA; The Lincoln Electric Company, Cleveland, OH; The
Siemon Company, Watertown, CT; The Stanley Works, Warren, MI; Tokyo
Keiso Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Toyo Denki Seizo KK, Yokohama, Kanagawa,
JAPAN; TR Controls Electronic, London, Ontario, CANADA; TR Electronic,
Troy, MI; Trimble AB, Dayton, OH; TRS Fieldbus Systems Inc., Sterling
Heights, MI; TWK Elektronik GmbH, Dusseldorf, GERMANY; UNIPULSE
Corporation, Saitama, JAPAN; Vaccon Company, Inc., Medfield, MA; Varian
S.p.A., Leini (Torino), ITALY; VIPA GmbH, Herzogenaurach, GERMANY;
Watlow Electric Inc., Watsonville, CA; Weidmuller ConneXt Inc.,
Richmond, VA; West Instruments Limited, Brighton, East Sussex, UNITED
KINGDOM; Western Reserve Controls Corp., Akron, OH; Westlock Controls
Corp., Saddle Brook, NJ; Wind River Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA;
Wittenstein Ternary Co., Ltd., Nagano, JAPAN; Worcester Controls
Corporation, Cookeville, TN; YAMAHA Motor Co. Ltd., Shizuoka, JAPAN;
Yaskawa Electric America, Inc., Waukegan, IL; and Yokogawa Electric
Corp., Tokyo, JAPAN have been added as parties to this venture.
Also, Colorado Flow Tech Inc., Boulder, CO; Danaher Controls,
Gurnee, IL; Eurotherm Controls Inc, Reston, VA; Fugasity, Allen, TX;
GSE Scale Systems, Novi, MI; Kimura Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN;
Miller Electric Mfg Co., Appleton, WI: NidecShimpo Corp., Kyoto,
JAPAN; Particle Measuring Systems, Inc., Boulder, CO; Scientific
Instruments, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.,
Mieken, JAPAN; Wieland Electric, Inc., Burgaw, NC; Lam Research Corp.,
Fremont, CA; MTL Inc., Hampton, NH; Nihon Weidmuller Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
JAPAN; Schrader Bellows, Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Geneer Corporation, Des
Plaines, IL; Event Technologies, Inc., Hales Corners, WI; International
Motion Controls Corp., West Chicago, IL; NemaSoft, Ann Arbor, MI; Ten X
Technology, Inc., Austin, TX; Unico, Inc., Franksville, WI; Unitrode,
Merrimack, NH; AccuTrol, Inc., Troy, MI; ACS Electronics Ltd., Migdal
Haemek, ISRAEL; Advance Hivolt, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, UNITED
KINGDOM; Advance International Group, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UNITED
KINGDOM; Alpha Products, Inc., Oxnard, CA; Atlas Copco Controls SA,
Vaud, SWITZERLAND; Automation Controls, Campbell, CA; BUSWARE Direct,
San Diego, CA; ACT'L sa, 1420 BraineI'Alleud, BELGIUM; Adept
Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA; Advantech Co. Ltd., Taipei, TAIWAN;
Aera Japan Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Aerotech Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; ALCATEL
High Vacuum Technology, Annecy, FRANCE; AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg,
PA; APD Cryogenics, Inc., Allentown, PA; Intermagnetics General Corp.,
Latham, NY; API Controls Inc., Amherst, NY; Applied Precision Inc.,
Issaquah, WA; Applied Science and Technology, Woburn, MA; Arcom Control
Systems Ltd., Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM; Fairy Group PLC, Egham,
Surrey, UNITED KINGDOM; ASAP, Inc., Chagrin Falls, OH; Athena Controls
Incorporated, Plymouth Meeting, PA; Inductotherm Industries, Rancocas,
NJ; Automation Controls, Campbell, CA; Azonix Corporation, Billerica,
MA; B/E Semi TCU, Anaheim, CA; Balzers und Leybold Holding, Koeln,
GERMANY; Bay Pneumatic, Inc., Menlo Park, CA; Binar Elektronik AB,
Trollhattan, SWEDEN; BLH Electronics Inc., Canton, MA; Brooks
Automation Canada, Richmond, Quebec, CANADA; Burkert Contromatic,
Irvine, CA; ChristianBuerkert Str 1317, Ingelfingen, GERMANY;
Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH; Controlware
Technologies, Mayfield Heights, OH; DAIHEN Corporation, OsakaCity,
JAPAN; Deltron Inc., North Wales, PA; Digital Freedom, Dayton, OH;
Freedom Electric Custom Controls and Designing, Inc., Dayton, OH;
Dillmann & Simmler Engineering GmbH, Ebenweiler, GERMANY; ECT
International, Inc., Brookfield, WI; Emerson Electric, Clayton, MO; EMS
Inc., Cincinnati, OH; ENI Products, Rochester, NY; Entrelec Inc.,
Irving, TX; Entrellec Group, Lyon, FRANCE; Extron Co., Golden Valley,
MN; Exxact. GmbH, Huckelhoven, GERMANY; FASE Saldatura S.R.L.,
Stupinigi (Torino), ITALY; Ferran Scientific Inc., San Diego, CA; FTS
Systems, Inc., Stone Ridge, NY; Protean plc, High Wycombe, Buckingham,
UNITED KINGDOM; GE ED&C, Plainville, CT; GE Company, Fairielo, CT;
Gestra GmbH, Bremen, GERMANY; Siebe plc, Windsor, Berkshire, UNITED
KINGDOM; Graco, Inc., Plymouth, MI; HewlettPackard, San Jose, CA; High
Yield Technology, Sunnyvale, CA; Pacific Scientific, Newport Beach, CA;
Hokuyo Electric Co. Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN; Humphrey Products, Kalamazoo,
MI; IDEACODHohner AUTOMATION S.A., Strasbourg Dedex, FRANCE; ifm
efector, inc., Exton, PA; IFM electronic, Essen, GERMANY; Ingersoll
Rand (ARO) Fluid Power, Bryan, OH; Inst fuer elekt Messtechnik and
Grundlagen der Ele, Braunschweig, GERMANY; insyte inc., Tampa, FL;
Intellution, Norwood, MA; KASHIYAMA Industries, Ltd., Nagano, JAPAN;
KistlerMorse Corporation, Bothell, WA; Danaher Corp., Washington,
D.C.; Kollmorgen Industrial Drives, Radford, VA; Kollmorgan
Corporation, Waltham, MA; KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, GERMANY; KVASER
AB, Kinnahult, SWEDEN; Lucas Signatone Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA;
Lutze, Inc., Charlotte, NC; Magnetek, New Berlin, WI; Mannesmann
Rexroth/Pneumatic Div, Lexington, KY; Mannesmann AG, Dusseldorf,
GERMANY; Medar, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI; Montrose/CDT, Auburn, MA;
Cable Design Technologies, Pittsburgh, PA; Moog Inc., East Aurora, NY;
Motion Engineering, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA; N.S.I. Sa; Crangevrier,
FRANCE; Namco Controls Corp., Highland Heights, OH; Cleveland Corp
Inc., Pepper Pike, OH; Negretti Automation Ltd., Aylesbury, UNITED
KINGDOM; National Instruments, Austin, TX; NESLAB Instruments, Inc.,
Newington, NH; Thermo Spectra, Waltham, MA; Nordson Corporation,
Norcross, GA; North America Mfg., Cleveland, OH; O.G. Line S.A., Saint
Genis Laval, FRANCE; ObjectAutomation, Santa Ana, CA; Olflex Wire &
Cable, Inc., Fairfield, NJ; U.I. Lapp Gmbh & Co KG, Stuttgart, GERMANY;
ORMEC Systems Corp., Rochester, NY; PanelWorks LLC, Wauwatosa, WI; Real
Time Automation, Wauwatosa, WI; Patriot Sensors & Controls, Clawson,
MI; Control Holding Company, Clawson, MI; PCD Inc., Peabody, MA; Peak
Service GmbH, Darmstadt, GERMANY; Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology Inc.,
Nashua, NH; Pfeiffer Vaccm Ag, Asslar, GERMANY; Phasetronics, Inc.,
Clearwater, FL; Quin Systems Ltd., Workingham, UNITED KINGDOM; RadiSys
Corporation, Hillsboro, OR; RBB Systems, Inc., Shreve, OH; Rexroth
Corporation/Indramat Div., Hoffman Estates, IL; Mannesmann AG, Dusseldorf,
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GERMANY; RF Power Products, Voorhees, NJ; Robicon, New Kensington PA;
High Voltage Engineering, Wakefield, MA; Robotron Corporation,
Southfield, MI; Rockwell Automation/DODGE, Greenville, SC; Rockwell
International Corp., Seal Beach, CA; Rockwell Automation/Reliance
Elec., Cleveland, OH; Rockwell International Corp., Seal Beach, CA; SAM
Research Co., Ltd., Mie Ken, JAPAN; Hitachi Metals Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN;
SBS GreenSpring Modular I/O, Menlo Park, CA; SBS Technology Inc.,
Albuquerque, NM; Schneider Automation, Inc., North Andover, MA; Groupe
Schneider SA, Cedex, FRANCE; Seiberco Inc., Braintree, MA; Origntal
Motor USA Corp, Torrance, CA; Sencon Inc., Bedford Park, IL; Spellman
High Voltage Electronics Corp., Hauppauge, NY; STEC INSTRUMENTS, INC.,
Sunnyvale, CA; Steeplechase Software, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Sterling
Controls, Sterling, IL; Prater Industries Inc., Cicero, IL; Synergetic
Micro Systems Inc., Downers Grove, IL; The Oilgear Company, Milwaukee,
WI; The PartlowWest Company, New Hartford, NY; The Danaher Corp.,
Washington, DC; Think & Do Software, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Tokyo
Electron America, Austin, TX; Total Control Products, Melrose Park, IL;
TRANSCELL Technology Inc., Northbrook, IL; Travis Technologies Corp.,
Austin, TX; Trumeter Company Limited, Radcliffe, Manchester, UNITED
KINGDOM; Turck, Inc., Plymouth, MN; Tyco Valves & Controls/Keystone,
Houston, TX; Keystone International, Houston, TX; Unit Instruments,
Inc., Yorba Linda, CA; Varian Vacuum Products, Lexington, MA; Varian
Associates, Palo Alto, CA; VAT Vakuumventile AG, Haag, SWITZERLAND;
VBLogic, Inc., Midland, NC; VG Gas Analysis Systems Inc., Beverly, MA;
VMIC, Huntsville, AL; Warwick Manufacturing Group, Coventry, West
Midlands, UNITED KINGDOM; University of Warwick, Coventry, West
Midlands, UNITED KINGDOM; WatkinsJohnson Company, Scotts Valley, CA;
Weltronics/Technitron Corp., Carol Stream, IL; Whedco, Inc., Ann Arbor,
MI; Xycom, Inc., Saline, MI; Hubbell Wiring Device Kellems, Milford,
CT; Hubbell Incorporated, Orange, CT; Teknic Inc., Rochester, NY;
Integrated Control Technology, N. Andover, MA; and Toshiba
International Corp., Houston, TX have been dropped as parties to this venture.
The following members have changed their names: ABB Robotics Products AB to ABB Automation Technology Products AB/Robotics, Vasteras, SWEDEN; AllenBradley Company, Inc. to Rockwell Automation/ AllenBradley, Mayfield Heights, OH; Uticor Technology, Inc. to AVG Automation, Bettendorf, IA; Kollmorgen Industrial Drives to Danaher Motion, Radford, VA; HMS Fieldbus Systems AB to HMS Industrial Networks AB, Halmstad, SWEDEN; Hohner Shaft Encoder Corp. to Hohner Corp., Beamsville, Ontario, CANADA; D.I.P. Inc. to MKS Instruments, CIT Group, Austin, TX; SS Technologies, Inc. to SST Division of Woodhead CANADA, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA; Millipore Microelectronics Div/Tylan General to Mykrolis Corporation, Allen, TX; Molex Industrial Interfaces, Inc. to Molex Incorporated, Gilford, NH.
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 Open Devicenet Vendor Association, Inc. intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
On June 21, 1995, open Devicenet Vendor Association, 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 February 15, 1996 (61 FR 6039).
The last notification was filed with the Department on May 28,
1996. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on June 20, 1996 (61 FR 31551).
Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
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SUMMARY:
Open Devicenet Vendor Association, Inc.,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
Notice is hereby given that, on December 31, 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''), Open Devicenet Vendor
Association, 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, ABB Industrial systems, New Berlin, WI; ABB Welding
Systems AB, Laxa, SWEDEN; AC Technology Corp, Uxbridge, MA; ACCUSort
Systems, Inc., Telford, PA; Advance Electric Company, Inc., Aichi,
JAPAN; Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., Ft. Collins, CO; Advanced
Energy JAPAN K.K., Tokyo, JAPAN; Aera Corporation, Austin, TX; Alden
Products Company, Brockton, MA; Alfa Laval LKM as, Kolding, DENMARK;
Alpha Gear Drives, Elk Grove Village, IL; AMC Technologies Corporation,
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA; Ametek Automation & Process Technologies,
Clawson, MI; Animatics Corporation, Santa Clara, CA; ANYWIRE
CORPORATION, Kyoto, JAPAN; Arlington Laboratory, Burlington, MA; ARO Controls S.A.S., Chateau du Loir, FRANCE; Aros
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Electronics AB, Molndal, SWEDEN; ASI Advanced Semiconductor Instruments
GmbH, Berlin, GERMANY; Auma Actuators Inc., Pittsburgh, PA;
Automationdirect.com, Cumming, GA; Autonics Corporation, KyungNam,
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Baldor Electric, Fort Smith, AR; Balogh T.A.G.,
Corporation, Brighton, MI; Beckhoff Industrie Elektronik, Nurnberg,
GERMANY; Bellofram Corp., New Berlin, WI; Beta LaserMike Limited, High
Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UNITED KINGDOM; BF ENTRON Ltd. (British
Federal), Dudley, West Midlands, UNITED KINGDOM; BOC Edwards,
Eastbourne, East Sussex, UNITED KINGDOM; Bosch Rexroth, Lohr am Main,
GERMANY; Bray Controls USA, Houston, TX; Bronkhorst HighTech B.V.,
Ruurlo, THE NETHERLANDS; Brooks Automation, Inc., Chelmsford, MA;
Brooks Instrument/Div. of Emerson, Hatfield, PA; C&M Corporation,
Wauregan, CT; CELERITY, Yorba Linda, CA; Celesco Transducer Products,
Inc., Chatsworth, CA; CISCO Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA; CKD Corporation,
Aichi, JAPAN; Cognex Corporation, West Allis, WI; Comdel Inc.,
Gloucester, MA; CommScope, Inc., Claremont, NC, COM TEC, Appleton, WI;
Contrex Inc., Maple Grove, MN; Control Logic Inc., Mesa, AZ; Control
System Technology Pty. Ltd., Mortdale, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA;
Control Techniques PLC, Newtown Powys, UNITED KINGDOM; Control
Technology Corporation, Hopkinton, MA; Conxall Corporation Inc., Villa
Park, IL; Cosmotechs Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JAPAN; Crevis Co., LTD, Suwon
City Kyung KiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; CrouseHinds Molded Products,
LaGrange, NC; CSIRO Mining Automation, Pullenvale, Queensland,
AUSTRALIA; DAIDEN Co., Ltd., Fukuoka, JAPAN; DDK Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN;
Delta Computer Systems Inc., Vancouver, WA; Denker, Onehunga, Auckland,
NEW ZEALAND; Deutschmann Automation GmbH, Bad Camberg, GERMANY; Digi
International, Inc., Lakeville, MN; Dressler HFTechnik GmbH,
Stolberg, GERMANY; DVT Corporation, Norcross, GA; E.O.A. Systems Inc.,
Carrollton, TX; EBARA Technologies Inc., Sacramento, CA; Edwards
Signaling, Cheshire, CT; Eilersen Electric A/S, Kokkedal, DENMARK;
Electronic Innovation, Inc.Falter Engineering, Sudbury, Ontario,
CANADA; ElectroSensors, Inc., Minnetonka, MN; EnerconNord Electronic
GmbH, Bargteheide, GERMANY; Escort Memory Systems, Scotts Valley, CA;
esd electronic system design gmbh, Hanover, GERMANY; EXOR Electronic
R&D, Cincinnati, OH; Fairchild Industrial Products Company, Winston
Salem, NC; Fanuc Robotics North America, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI;
Fife Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK; Flexible Machine Controls,
Wendywood, SOUTH AFRICA; FRABA Sensorsysteme GmbH, Koln, GERMANY;
Frontline Test Equipment, Charlottesville, VA; Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.,
Saitamaken, JAPAN; Fujikin, Inc., Osaka, JAPAN; GE Fanuc Automation
North America, Inc., Charlottesville, VA; Helix Technology Corp.,
Longmont, CO; Grayhill Inc., La Grange, IL; Hae Pyung Electronics
Research Institute, Kyungbukdo Province, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; HANA
Information Technology Co., Ltd., Pusan, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; HANMI Co.
Ltd., IncheonCity, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Hardy Instruments, Inc., San
Diego, CA; Harting, Inc. NA, Elgin, IL; Hengstler GmbH, Aldingen,
GERMANY; Hilscher GmbH, Hattersheim, GERMANY; Hirschmann, Inc, Pine
Brook, NJ; Hitachi Cable Ltd., Ibaraki, JAPAN; Hitachi Metals, Ltd.,
Tokyo, JAPAN; Hitachi Naka Electronics Co. Ltd., Ibarakiken, JAPAN; HM
Computing Ltd., Malvern, Worcestershire, UNITED KINGDOM; Holec Holland
N.V., sc Hengelo, THE NETHERLANDS; Holjeron, Wilsonville, OR; Horiba
STEC Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; Horner Electric, Indianapolis, IN; Hyde Park
Electronics, Inc., Dayton, OH; IAI Corporation, Shiizucity, Shizuoka, JAPAN; ICP PanelTec, Inc., Huntsville, AL; ICTIndustrial
Communications Technologies, Newburyport, MA; IDEC IZUMI Corporation,
Yodogawa Ku, Osaka, JAPAN; IMI Norgren Limited, Littleton, CO;
Industrial Network Controls, LLC, Coopersburg, PA; INFICON Holding AG,
St. Gallen, SWITZERLAND; Intelligent Motion Systems, Marlborough, CT;
InterlinkBT LLC, Plymouth, MN; ISASIntegrated Switchgear & Sys. Pty.
Ltd., Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA; IVO GmbH & Co., Villingen
Schwenningen, GERMANY; IXXAT Automation GmbH, Weingarten, GERMANY;
JEONGIL INTERCOM CO., LTD, KyunggiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; KDT Systems
Co., Ltd., KyungkiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; KistlerMorse Corporation,
Bothell, WA; Koganei Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN; Kojima Instruments
Inc., Tsuzukigun Kyoto, JAPAN; Kubler GmbH, VSSchwennigen, GERMANY;
Kuramo Electric Co., Ltd., Fukuiken, JAPAN; Kuroda Precision
Industries Ltd., Kanagawa, JAPAN; Lantronix, Inc., Naperville, IL; Lapp
USA, Inc. (Olflex Wire & Cable), Florham Park, NJ; Leine & Linde,
Strangnas, SWEDEN; LEONI Special Cables GmbH, Friesoythe, GERMANY;
Leybold Vacuum GmbH, Koeln, GERMANY; LG Cable Ltd., Anyang KyunggiDo,
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; LG Industrial System Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF
KOREA; Lika Electronic SNC, Carre (Vi), ITALY; LINTEC Co., Ltd, Shiga,
JAPAN; Livingston & Co., Inc., West Lebanon, NH; M. System Co., Ltd.,
Yokohama, JAPAN; Madison Cable Corporation, Worcester, MA; Marathon
Ltd., Moscow, RUSSIA; Marsh BelloframBellofram PCD Division, Newell,
WV; Matric Limited Inc., Seneca, PA; Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN; Max Stegmann GmbH, Donaueschingen, GERMANY;
Meidensha Corporation, Shizoukaken, JAPAN; Mencom Corporation,
Gainesville, GA; Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. (MEAU), Vernon
Hills, IL; Moeller ElectroniX, Detmold, GERMANY; MTT Company Ltd.,
Hyogo, JAPAN; Murrelektronik GmbH, Oppenweiler, GERMANY; Nihon Electric
Wire & Cable Co., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN; Nikki Denso Co., Ltd., Chiba,
JAPAN; NKE Corporation, Kyoto, JAPAN; Nohken, Inc., Chiyodaku, Tokyo,
JAPAN; Northwire Inc., Osceola, WI; NSK Corporation, Bloomingdale, IL;
NSK Precision Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JAPAN; NT International,
Minneapolis, MN; Omron Software Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JAPAN; Oriental
Motor Company, Chiba, JAPAN; Panduit Corporation, Orland Park, IL;
Partlow, Gurnee, IL; POSCON, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; ProportionAir,
Inc., McCordsville, IN; Proteus Industries Inc., Mountain View, CA;
Pyramid Solutions, Inc., Troy, MI; QUALIFLOW, Montpellier, FRANCE; Real
Time Automation (C&ID), Wauwatosa, WI; Real Time Objects & Systems,
Brookfield, WI; Red Lion Controls, York, PA; Redwood MicroSystems,
Inc., Menlo Park, CA; Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Rice Lake, WI; Riken
Keiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Rockwell Samsung Automation, Suwon
KyunggiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Rotork Controls Ltd., Bath, Avon, UNITED
KINGDOM; Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Sanyo Machine Works,
Ltd., Aichi, JAPAN; Schneider Electric, Seigenatadt, Germany;
Scientific Technologies, Inc., Fremont, CA; SEC (Samsung Electronics
Co., Ltd.), SuwonCity KyunggiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Seiko Seiki Co.,
Ltd., Chiba, JAPAN; SEMATECH, Austin, TX; Sense Electronica LTDA, Sao
Paulo, BRAZIL; Seoil Electric Co., Ltd., KyunggiDo, REPUBLIC OF KOREA;
SEW Eurodrive GmbH, Bruchsal, GERMANY; Shanghai Aton Electric Co., Ltd., Shanghai, PEOPLE'S
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REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Shimaden Co., Ltd., Saitama Prefecture, JAPAN; SHIN
HO SYSTEM Co., Ltd., Seogu, Inchon, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SICK AG,
Waldkirch, GERMANY; SIEI S.p.A., Gerenzano VA, ITALY; Siemens Energy &
Automation, Inc., Johnson City, TN; Sola/HeviDuty, Skokie, IL;
Stegmann, Inc., Dayton, OH; StoneL Corp., Fergus Hills, MN; SungGi
Internet Co., Ltd., Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SWAC Automation Consult
GmbH, Oberhaching, GERMANY; Syron Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc.,
Saline, MI; System Controls, Limited, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND; T.B.
Wood's Incorporated, Chambersburg, PA; Tang & Associates, Cheras,
Selangor, MALAYSIA; The Lincoln Electric Company, Cleveland, OH; The
Siemon Company, Watertown, CT; The Stanley Works, Warren, MI; Tokyo
Keiso Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Toyo Denki Seizo KK, Yokohama, Kanagawa,
JAPAN; TR Controls Electronic, London, Ontario, CANADA; TR Electronic,
Troy, MI; Trimble AB, Dayton, OH; TRS Fieldbus Systems Inc., Sterling
Heights, MI; TWK Elektronik GmbH, Dusseldorf, GERMANY; UNIPULSE
Corporation, Saitama, JAPAN; Vaccon Company, Inc., Medfield, MA; Varian
S.p.A., Leini (Torino), ITALY; VIPA GmbH, Herzogenaurach, GERMANY;
Watlow Electric Inc., Watsonville, CA; Weidmuller ConneXt Inc.,
Richmond, VA; West Instruments Limited, Brighton, East Sussex, UNITED
KINGDOM; Western Reserve Controls Corp., Akron, OH; Westlock Controls
Corp., Saddle Brook, NJ; Wind River Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA;
Wittenstein Ternary Co., Ltd., Nagano, JAPAN; Worcester Controls
Corporation, Cookeville, TN; YAMAHA Motor Co. Ltd., Shizuoka, JAPAN;
Yaskawa Electric America, Inc., Waukegan, IL; and Yokogawa Electric
Corp., Tokyo, JAPAN have been added as parties to this venture.
Also, Colorado Flow Tech Inc., Boulder, CO; Danaher Controls,
Gurnee, IL; Eurotherm Controls Inc, Reston, VA; Fugasity, Allen, TX;
GSE Scale Systems, Novi, MI; Kimura Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN;
Miller Electric Mfg Co., Appleton, WI: NidecShimpo Corp., Kyoto,
JAPAN; Particle Measuring Systems, Inc., Boulder, CO; Scientific
Instruments, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.,
Mieken, JAPAN; Wieland Electric, Inc., Burgaw, NC; Lam Research Corp.,
Fremont, CA; MTL Inc., Hampton, NH; Nihon Weidmuller Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
JAPAN; Schrader Bellows, Cuyahoga Falls, OH; Geneer Corporation, Des
Plaines, IL; Event Technologies, Inc., Hales Corners, WI; International
Motion Controls Corp., West Chicago, IL; NemaSoft, Ann Arbor, MI; Ten X
Technology, Inc., Austin, TX; Unico, Inc., Franksville, WI; Unitrode,
Merrimack, NH; AccuTrol, Inc., Troy, MI; ACS Electronics Ltd., Migdal
Haemek, ISRAEL; Advance Hivolt, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, UNITED
KINGDOM; Advance International Group, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UNITED
KINGDOM; Alpha Products, Inc., Oxnard, CA; Atlas Copco Controls SA,
Vaud, SWITZERLAND; Automation Controls, Campbell, CA; BUSWARE Direct,
San Diego, CA; ACT'L sa, 1420 BraineI'Alleud, BELGIUM; Adept
Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA; Advantech Co. Ltd., Taipei, TAIWAN;
Aera Japan Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Aerotech Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; ALCATEL
High Vacuum Technology, Annecy, FRANCE; AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg,
PA; APD Cryogenics, Inc., Allentown, PA; Intermagnetics General Corp.,
Latham, NY; API Controls Inc., Amherst, NY; Applied Precision Inc.,
Issaquah, WA; Applied Science and Technology, Woburn, MA; Arcom Control
Systems Ltd., Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM; Fairy Group PLC, Egham,
Surrey, UNITED KINGDOM; ASAP, Inc., Chagrin Falls, OH; Athena Controls
Incorporated, Plymouth Meeting, PA; Inductotherm Industries, Rancocas,
NJ; Automation Controls, Campbell, CA; Azonix Corporation, Billerica,
MA; B/E Semi TCU, Anaheim, CA; Balzers und Leybold Holding, Koeln,
GERMANY; Bay Pneumatic, Inc., Menlo Park, CA; Binar Elektronik AB,
Trollhattan, SWEDEN; BLH Electronics Inc., Canton, MA; Brooks
Automation Canada, Richmond, Quebec, CANADA; Burkert Contromatic,
Irvine, CA; ChristianBuerkert Str 1317, Ingelfingen, GERMANY;
Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH; Controlware
Technologies, Mayfield Heights, OH; DAIHEN Corporation, OsakaCity,
JAPAN; Deltron Inc., North Wales, PA; Digital Freedom, Dayton, OH;
Freedom Electric Custom Controls and Designing, Inc., Dayton, OH;
Dillmann & Simmler Engineering GmbH, Ebenweiler, GERMANY; ECT
International, Inc., Brookfield, WI; Emerson Electric, Clayton, MO; EMS
Inc., Cincinnati, OH; ENI Products, Rochester, NY; Entrelec Inc.,
Irving, TX; Entrellec Group, Lyon, FRANCE; Extron Co., Golden Valley,
MN; Exxact. GmbH, Huckelhoven, GERMANY; FASE Saldatura S.R.L.,
Stupinigi (Torino), ITALY; Ferran Scientific Inc., San Diego, CA; FTS
Systems, Inc., Stone Ridge, NY; Protean plc, High Wycombe, Buckingham,
UNITED KINGDOM; GE ED&C, Plainville, CT; GE Company, Fairielo, CT;
Gestra GmbH, Bremen, GERMANY; Siebe plc, Windsor, Berkshire, UNITED
KINGDOM; Graco, Inc., Plymouth, MI; HewlettPackard, San Jose, CA; High
Yield Technology, Sunnyvale, CA; Pacific Scientific, Newport Beach, CA;
Hokuyo Electric Co. Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN; Humphrey Products, Kalamazoo,
MI; IDEACODHohner AUTOMATION S.A., Strasbourg Dedex, FRANCE; ifm
efector, inc., Exton, PA; IFM electronic, Essen, GERMANY; Ingersoll
Rand (ARO) Fluid Power, Bryan, OH; Inst fuer elekt Messtechnik and
Grundlagen der Ele, Braunschweig, GERMANY; insyte inc., Tampa, FL;
Intellution, Norwood, MA; KASHIYAMA Industries, Ltd., Nagano, JAPAN;
KistlerMorse Corporation, Bothell, WA; Danaher Corp., Washington,
D.C.; Kollmorgen Industrial Drives, Radford, VA; Kollmorgan
Corporation, Waltham, MA; KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, GERMANY; KVASER
AB, Kinnahult, SWEDEN; Lucas Signatone Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA;
Lutze, Inc., Charlotte, NC; Magnetek, New Berlin, WI; Mannesmann
Rexroth/Pneumatic Div, Lexington, KY; Mannesmann AG, Dusseldorf,
GERMANY; Medar, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI; Montrose/CDT, Auburn, MA;
Cable Design Technologies, Pittsburgh, PA; Moog Inc., East Aurora, NY;
Motion Engineering, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA; N.S.I. Sa; Crangevrier,
FRANCE; Namco Controls Corp., Highland Heights, OH; Cleveland Corp
Inc., Pepper Pike, OH; Negretti Automation Ltd., Aylesbury, UNITED
KINGDOM; National Instruments, Austin, TX; NESLAB Instruments, Inc.,
Newington, NH; Thermo Spectra, Waltham, MA; Nordson Corporation,
Norcross, GA; North America Mfg., Cleveland, OH; O.G. Line S.A., Saint
Genis Laval, FRANCE; ObjectAutomation, Santa Ana, CA; Olflex Wire &
Cable, Inc., Fairfield, NJ; U.I. Lapp Gmbh & Co KG, Stuttgart, GERMANY;
ORMEC Systems Corp., Rochester, NY; PanelWorks LLC, Wauwatosa, WI; Real
Time Automation, Wauwatosa, WI; Patriot Sensors & Controls, Clawson,
MI; Control Holding Company, Clawson, MI; PCD Inc., Peabody, MA; Peak
Service GmbH, Darmstadt, GERMANY; Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology Inc.,
Nashua, NH; Pfeiffer Vaccm Ag, Asslar, GERMANY; Phasetronics, Inc.,
Clearwater, FL; Quin Systems Ltd., Workingham, UNITED KINGDOM; RadiSys
Corporation, Hillsboro, OR; RBB Systems, Inc., Shreve, OH; Rexroth
Corporation/Indramat Div., Hoffman Estates, IL; Mannesmann AG, Dusseldorf,
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GERMANY; RF Power Products, Voorhees, NJ; Robicon, New Kensington PA;
High Voltage Engineering, Wakefield, MA; Robotron Corporation,
Southfield, MI; Rockwell Automation/DODGE, Greenville, SC; Rockwell
International Corp., Seal Beach, CA; Rockwell Automation/Reliance
Elec., Cleveland, OH; Rockwell International Corp., Seal Beach, CA; SAM
Research Co., Ltd., Mie Ken, JAPAN; Hitachi Metals Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN;
SBS GreenSpring Modular I/O, Menlo Park, CA; SBS Technology Inc.,
Albuquerque, NM; Schneider Automation, Inc., North Andover, MA; Groupe
Schneider SA, Cedex, FRANCE; Seiberco Inc., Braintree, MA; Origntal
Motor USA Corp, Torrance, CA; Sencon Inc., Bedford Park, IL; Spellman
High Voltage Electronics Corp., Hauppauge, NY; STEC INSTRUMENTS, INC.,
Sunnyvale, CA; Steeplechase Software, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Sterling
Controls, Sterling, IL; Prater Industries Inc., Cicero, IL; Synergetic
Micro Systems Inc., Downers Grove, IL; The Oilgear Company, Milwaukee,
WI; The PartlowWest Company, New Hartford, NY; The Danaher Corp.,
Washington, DC; Think & Do Software, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Tokyo
Electron America, Austin, TX; Total Control Products, Melrose Park, IL;
TRANSCELL Technology Inc., Northbrook, IL; Travis Technologies Corp.,
Austin, TX; Trumeter Company Limited, Radcliffe, Manchester, UNITED
KINGDOM; Turck, Inc., Plymouth, MN; Tyco Valves & Controls/Keystone,
Houston, TX; Keystone International, Houston, TX; Unit Instruments,
Inc., Yorba Linda, CA; Varian Vacuum Products, Lexington, MA; Varian
Associates, Palo Alto, CA; VAT Vakuumventile AG, Haag, SWITZERLAND;
VBLogic, Inc., Midland, NC; VG Gas Analysis Systems Inc., Beverly, MA;
VMIC, Huntsville, AL; Warwick Manufacturing Group, Coventry, West
Midlands, UNITED KINGDOM; University of Warwick, Coventry, West
Midlands, UNITED KINGDOM; WatkinsJohnson Company, Scotts Valley, CA;
Weltronics/Technitron Corp., Carol Stream, IL; Whedco, Inc., Ann Arbor,
MI; Xycom, Inc., Saline, MI; Hubbell Wiring Device Kellems, Milford,
CT; Hubbell Incorporated, Orange, CT; Teknic Inc., Rochester, NY;
Integrated Control Technology, N. Andover, MA; and Toshiba
International Corp., Houston, TX have been dropped as parties to this venture.
The following members have changed their names: ABB Robotics Products AB to ABB Automation Technology Products AB/Robotics, Vasteras, SWEDEN; AllenBradley Company, Inc. to Rockwell Automation/ AllenBradley, Mayfield Heights, OH; Uticor Technology, Inc. to AVG Automation, Bettendorf, IA; Kollmorgen Industrial Drives to Danaher Motion, Radford, VA; HMS Fieldbus Systems AB to HMS Industrial Networks AB, Halmstad, SWEDEN; Hohner Shaft Encoder Corp. to Hohner Corp., Beamsville, Ontario, CANADA; D.I.P. Inc. to MKS Instruments, CIT Group, Austin, TX; SS Technologies, Inc. to SST Division of Woodhead CANADA, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA; Millipore Microelectronics Div/Tylan General to Mykrolis Corporation, Allen, TX; Molex Industrial Interfaces, Inc. to Molex Incorporated, Gilford, NH.
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 Open Devicenet Vendor Association, Inc. intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
On June 21, 1995, open Devicenet Vendor Association, 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 February 15, 1996 (61 FR 6039).
The last notification was filed with the Department on May 28,
1996. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on June 20, 1996 (61 FR 31551).
Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
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