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          and the absence of any established market.  Grossman suggested              
          that a reasonable comparison of the products available in the               
          polystyrene industry in 1982 with the Sentinel EPS recyclers                
          reveals that the 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 EPS recyclers did not justify the "one-of-a-kind" price            
          tag 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, the                   
          Sentinel 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 examined both the Sentinel EPS recycler and a Japan           
          Repro recycler and found that the construction of the two                   
          machines was "nearly identical".  Further, Grossman concluded               
          that the recycled polystyrene produced by both machines would               
          also be nearly identical.  In Grossman's opinion, neither the               
          Japan Repro recycler nor the Sentinel EPS recycler represented "a           






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