National Portland Cement Company

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IN THE MATTER OF KATJO:\AL PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY ORDER , ETC. , IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SEG. 7 OF THE CLAYTON ACT Docket 8654. Complaint, .Jun. 22, iDGS-Decision, Ma?.. , 1967 Order dismissing complaint, vacating initial decision and terminating a divestiture proceeding against a Philadelphia manufacturer of portland cement, because the respondent no longer owns any of the assets or stock of the Ryan Ready Mixed Concrete Corporation whose acquisition by the respondent was the basis for this proceeding. COMPLAINT The Federal Trade Commission has reason to believe that :\ ational Portland Cement Company has acquired the stock and assets of Ryan Ready :VIixed Concrete Corporation and its affliate N. Ryan Company, Incorporated in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act (CS. , Title 15, Section 18) as anlended, and therefore, purs!.wnt to Section 11 of said Act, it issues this complaint, stating its charges in that respect as follows: DEFINITIO:'S 1. For the purpose of this complaint the following definitions shall apply:

a. "Portland cement" includes Types I through V of portland cement as specified by the American Society for Testing Materials. 1\ either masonry nor 'white cement is included. b. "Ready-mixed concrete " includes all portland cement concrete which is manufactured and delivered to a purchaser in a plastic and unhardened state. Ready-mixed concrete includes central-mixed concrete, shrink-lllixed conccete and transit-mixed concrete.

c. "The New York City ITletropolitan area" consists of the NATIONAL PORTLAND CEMENT CO. 395 388 Complaint It 'is further ordered That each of the respondents herein shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon him of this order file with the Commission a report in writing se.tbng forth in detail the manner and form in which he has complied with this order.