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Drislane - By Mr. DeLuca 20 : 1 8 2 6 :lo 0 10:18 3 3 :2c 0 10:18 3 5 :3u 0 10:18 3 1 :4o 0 10:18 3 9 :5o 0 10:18 3 9 0 10:18 4 3 :7n 0 10:18 5 0 :8o 0 10:18 5 2 :9b 0 10:19 0 ll:00 0 1 0 : i 9 0 9l:T; 0 H: 1 9 1 ll:2o C 10:19 1 5l:3() 0 10:19 i bl:4o 0 10:19 2 21:5) 0 10:19 2 81:63 0 10:19 3 ol:7i.) 0 10:19 3 5l:8o 0 10:19 3 9l:9b 0 10:19 A 52:6) 0 10:19 4 t2:lo 0 10:19 4 e2:2o 0 10:19 b 22:3l 0 : 2 0 0 -2:4o 0 Q And that's where the Institute remained until your retirement? A Correct. Q In 1989? A Yes. Q Could you explain to the members of the jury what the FMSI is and what the purpose of the FMSI is? A Well, the FMSI is the Friction Materials Standards Institute. It's a big name for a small company. Basically they would try to gather product information on what brakes and clutch facings were used on different cars and trucks, and pass that information on to all the members. This was to help. This was a sales oriented trade association, sales oriented trade association. All the delegates were generally sales oriented. The idea was to get -- so the -- it fostered competition in that the -- all these newcomers to the business could have the same product information that the old timers had generated. So it was a means of making sure that no matter who you brought your linings from that the thing would fit. It had. nothing to do with the product P.O. Box 12459 Albany, NY 12212-2459 Alliance m m reporting service, llc Albany (518)438-0126 Troy (518) 283-5064 Schenectady (518) 355-9216 Clifcon Park (518) 383-1241 Fax (518)446-0582