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established market. Grossman suggested that a reasonable
comparison of the products available in the polyethylene industry
in 1981 and the polystyrene industry in 1982 with the Sentinel
EPE and EPS recyclers, respectively, reveals that the Sentinel
recyclers had very little commercial value and were similar to
comparable products available on the market in component form.
For these reasons, Grossman opined that the Sentinel EPE and EPS
recyclers did not justify the "one-of-a-kind" pricetag that they
carried.
Specifically, Grossman reported that there were several
machines on the market as early as 1981 that were functionally
equivalent to, and significantly less expensive than, both the
Sentinel EPE and EPS recyclers. These machines included: (1) The
Japan Repro recycler, available in 1981 for $53,000; (2) the
Buss-Condux Plastcompactor, available before 1981 for $75,000;
(3) Foremost Machine Builders' "Densilator", available from 1978-
1981 for $20,000; and (4) the Midland Ross Extruder, available in
1980 and 1981 for $120,000. Grossman observed that all of these
machines were "widely available".
Grossman's opinion regarding the Sentinel EPS recycler was
based on personal examination of such recycler, as well as the
descriptions thereof that were set forth in the writings of other
professionals. Although Grossman did not observe the Sentinel
EPS recycler in actual operation, he examined both the Sentinel
EPS recycler and the Japan Repro recycler and found that the
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