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Appendix J: The Industrial Research Institute, Inc.
Pages 120-121

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... A 130 billion dollar enterprise, industrial research and development programs in the United States utilize the services of well over one half million scientists and engineers.
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... Membership in the Institute is taken in the name of the company upon the payment of annual dues of $3,200. A requirement for membership is that the company maintain a technical staff and laboratory for industrial research in the United States, Canada, or Mexico, and shall either be engaged primarily in industrial production or be the research subsidiary of a company so engaged, or shall be a service company whose industrial product is technical service, information technology, or software.
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