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arranged for the two of them to visit the PI plant in Hyannis,
Massachusetts, sometime in November. Bach invited Bramnick to go
with them. Bach explained: "I thought he would go too, but he
didn't want to go." Petitioner recalled that Bach also extended
an invitation to him to visit the PI plant in Hyannis, but
petitioner declined.
Gardino and Bach toured the PI plant. Bach testified that
he was impressed with the plant and the "spirit of the workers."
Although the Sentinel EPE recycler was explained to Bach, he did
not understand "the technicalities of the machine too well".
Bach recalls being told that the Sentinel EPE recycler was
unique, but he could not remember what he was told about the
capability of the machine or its place in the market. He
testified, "I just don't remember being told specifically by
anybody anything--they told me a lot of things when I was up
there, but I don't remember all the things they told me. Pete
[Gardino] was asking most of the questions." Bach did not review
any of the accounting or cost records pertaining to the Sentinel
EPE recycler while he was at PI, nor did he ask to see them.
In addition to touring the PI plant, Bach and Gardino were
taken by a PI representative to visit some end-users of the
machines and see them in operation. Gardino and Bach questioned
the end-users, but Bach's lack of understanding limited the
number of questions he could ask to one. Bach recalled that,
"The only question I asked the people was about the breakdown,
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