[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 5970] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-2865] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--National Elevator Industry, Inc. Notice is hereby given that, on September 8, 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 Elevator Industry, Inc. (``NEII''), on behalf of the participants of the Escalator Performance Standard Study Agreement joint venture, 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 Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are: Bay State Elevator Company, Inc., Agawam, MA; Demetrius G. Bellas, Bay State Elevator Company, Inc., Agawam, MA; Louis Bialy, Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT; James Bolch, Otis Elevator Company, Bloomfield, CT; Calvin Brast, Montgomery Kone Inc., Louisville, KY; Davie Camp, Dover Elevator Systems Inc., Memphis, TN; John Corcoran, Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ; John J. Delorenzi, Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ; Edward A. Donoghue, Salem, NY; Edward A. Donoghue Associates Inc., Salem, NY; Dover Elevator Systems Inc., Memphis, TN; Tim Duin, Montgomery Kone Inc., Moline, IL; Eastern Elevator Company Inc., New Haven, CT; Paul Farnsworth, Eastern Elevator Company, Inc., New Haven, CT; Fujitech America Inc., Lebanon, OH; Maurice Gage, Ouachita Elevator Consultants Inc., Oden, AR; Zenola Harper, Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT; Thomas Hubbell, Montgomery Kone Inc., Moline, IL; Andrew Juhasz, Montgomery Kone Inc., Moline, IL; George Kappenhagen, Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ; John S. M. Karnash, Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ; Dennis M. Mayer, Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT; Millar Elevator Service Company, Holland, OH; Montgomery Kone Inc., Moline, IL; National Elevator Industry, Inc., Fort Lee NJ; Tom Nurnberg, Montgomery Kone Inc., Moline, IL; Otis Elevator Company, Bloomfield, CT; Ouachita Elevator Consultants Inc., Oden, AR; Edward Parvis, Fujitech America Inc., Lebanon, OH; Edwin M. Philpot, Dover Elevator Systems Inc., Memphis, TN; Jerry Pohlman, Millar Elevator Service Company, Holland, OH; Frank Sansevero, Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT; Robert Schaeffer, Montgomery Kone Inc., Moline, IL; Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ; Jean Smith, Schindler Elevator Corp., Morristown, NJ; David L. Steel, Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT; and E. James Walker, Jr., NEII, Fort Lee, NJ. The general area of planned activity will involve an independent study to define a performance standard to measure potential entrapment between the moving steps and the stationary skirt panel on escalators. The objectives of the joint venture are to (1) create a concept for developing a performance standard that measures the potential for step- skirt entrapment and a viable methodology for measurement and verification of the standard; (2) develop a methodology and tool(s) suitable for field use that will measure the potential of step-skirt entrapment; and (3) perform proof-of-concept experiments to validate the measurement methodology and performance standard. Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 98-2865 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-11-M