Hoover in 1931 urged the major banks in the country to form a consortium known as the National Credit Corporation ( NCC ).

MIT has also contributed significant research in this field, notably Things That Think consortium ( directed by Hiroshi Ishii, Joseph A. Paradiso and Rosalind Picard ) at the Media Lab and the CSAIL effort known as Project Oxygen.

In the late 1990s, a consortium of US cable operators, known as " MCNS " formed to quickly develop an open and interoperable cable modem specification.

The German consortium itself was known as Arbeitsgemeinschaft Satellitenträgersystem ( ASAT ), which consisted of ERNO and MBB.

The area is administered by a consortium known as Tooele Industrial Depot.

* Mumbai: Veolia is part of a consortium which is led by Anil Ambani's Reliance Infrastructure, together with Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority ( MMRDA ); a joint venture known as Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd.

A public sector authority signs a contract with a private sector consortium, technically known as a Special Purpose Vehicle ( SPV ).

In 2001 the king, known as a keen yachtman, was given a yacht by the Balearic Islands and a consortium of local business leaders as part of an effort to further associate the royal family with the islands, and to promote the islands as a tourist destination.

In April 2007 Red Rooster and Chicken Treat were sold for A $ 180 million to a consortium formed by the management and the venture capital arm of Westpac known as Quadrant Capital.

The construction, which was undertaken by a consortium known as National Nuclear Corporation (' NNC '), began in 1980.

The ATSC standards were developed in the early 1990s by the Grand Alliance, a consortium of electronics and telecommunications companies that assembled to develop a specification for what is now known as HDTV.

An example of a for-profit consortium is a group of banks that collaborate to make a loan — also known as a syndicate.

They are the main antagonist in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace due to being manipulated by the Order of the Sith Lords and become a part of a larger consortium in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith known as the Confederacy of Independent Systems or the CIS which is also manipulated by the Order of the Sith Lords.

On May 1868, the Romanian state concluded an agreement with another German consortium, known as the " Offenheim Consortium ", for the construction of several shorter railways in the region of Moldavia.

In Europe, a consortium of universities from ten different countries is running the European Master Program in Law and Economics, also known as EMLE, which is a European program in the field since 1990.

The company, known as 407 International Inc., is owned by a consortium of Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte ( major shareholder ) from Spain, Macquarie Infrastructure Group, and Montreal-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.

The consortium was known as MWAK and their bid was $ 29, 339, 301, almost 15 % lower than the option submitted by the next bidder, Six Companies, Inc., which was building Hoover Dam at the time.

A consortium of Landsverk, Volvo and Bofors responded with a new heavy tank design, known under the codename KRV, fitted with a 155 mm smooth-bore gun in an oscillating turret.

Optus is part of a consortium – now known as Terria – that in July 2006 announced their intention to make a combined bid to build the proposed National Broadband Network.

In 1986, the SABC's monopoly was challenged by the launch of a subscription-based service known as M-Net, backed by a consortium of newspaper publishers.

In October 2007 the bank was acquired, in what was at that time the biggest bank takeover in history, by a consortium made up of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Fortis and Banco Santander, known as RFS Holdings B. V. Consequently, the bank was divided into three parts, each owned by one of the members of the consortium.

Before being taken over by the BBC, the channel was known as The Parliamentary Channel, at first operated by United Artists Cable and funded by a consortium of British cable operators.

TV3 Group helped to shape a consortium known as One Vision ( DTT ) which was also made up of Arqiva, Eircom and Setanta Sports.

The American Venous Forum ( AVF ) is the leading academic international consortium of venous and lymphatic specialists dedicated to improving patient care.

* Service Availability Forum, a communications and computing consortium

* HVD Forum standards consortium.

The MPEG Industry Forum ( MPEGIF ) is a non-profit consortium dedicated to " further the adoption of MPEG Standards, by establishing them as well accepted and widely used standards among creators of content, developers, manufacturers, providers of services, and end users.

The ATM Forum was founded in 1991 to be the industry consortium to promote Asynchronous Transfer Mode technology used in telecommunication networks.

The Digital Inclusion Forum, a consortium set up through joint participation from the Wireless Internet Institute, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Ohio ’ s One Community, is just one organization developed to address this.

The Service Availability Forum ( SAF or SA Forum ) is a consortium that develops, publishes, educates on and promotes open specifications for carrier-grade and mission-critical systems.

The format was defined by a special consortium called 3D Industry Forum that brought together a diverse group of companies and organizations, including Intel, Boeing, HP, Adobe Systems, Bentley Systems, Right Hemisphere and others whose main focus had been the promotional development of 3D graphics for use in various industries, specifically at this time manufacturing as well as construction and industrial plant design.

In December 2004 NTL sold its broadcast-unit to a consortium led by Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group ( MCG ) for £ 1. 27 billion.

The airport was developed by the engineering company Mowlem in 1986 – 87 and is now owned by a consortium comprising AIG Financial Products Corp. and Global Infrastructure Partners ( GIP ).

In October 2006, the airport was purchased from Dermot Desmond by a consortium comprising insurer AIG Financial Products Corp. and Global Infrastructure Partners ( GIP ).

It is operated by Tramlink Nottingham, a consortium made up of Meridiam Infrastructure, OFI InfraVia, Alstom Transport, Keolis, VINCI Investments and Wellglade Group.

Tramlink Nottingham is a consortium consisting of Alstom, Keolis, trent barton owner Wellglade, Vinci, OFI InfraVia & Meridiam Infrastructure.

On 27 October 2008 Porterbrook announced that Abbey had reached an agreement to sell the company to a consortium of Deutsche Bank, Lloyds TSB and Antin Infrastructure Partners.

* Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency, a consortium of Utah cities

These companies are known as Infracos — Infrastructure Companies — and are made up of consortia of companies: Metronet, for example, was a consortium of Balfour Beatty, WS Atkins, Bombardier, EDF Energy and Thames Water.

The project is owned by a consortium of BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust, Cameco Corporation and TransCanada PipeLines Limited.

The company, known as 407 International Inc., is owned by a consortium of Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte ( major shareholder ) from Spain, Macquarie Infrastructure Group from Australia, and Montreal-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.

As of 26 February 2010, the second stage of the project, which envisages an extension of the sea-link from Worli to Haji Ali, has been contracted to a consortium led by Reliance Infrastructure.

Moto is owned by a consortium of shareholders including Australian Pension Funds and European and New Zealand Infrastructure Funds and is asset managed by Macquarie Investment Bank.

LCR sold HS1 in November 2010 to a Canadian consortium of Borealis Infrastructure and Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan for £ 2. 1bn.