1 EXHIBIT 21 COMPANY NAME JURISDICTION - ------------ ------------ 1. "A" Company Orthodontics Delaware 2. Alexon-Tend, Inc. Wisconsin 3. Allesee Orthodontic Appliances, Inc. Wisconsin 4. Applied Biotech, Inc. California 5. Barnstead Thermolyne Corporation Delaware 6. belle de st. claire, inc. Wisconsin 7. CASCO-NERL Diagnostics Corporation Wisconsin 8. Chase Scientific Glass, Inc. Wisconsin 9. Diagnostics Reagents, Inc. California 10. Electrothermal Engineering Ltd. England 11. Erie Electroverre SA Switzerland 12 Erie Scientific Company Delaware 13. Erie Scientific Company of Puerto Rico Delaware 14. Erie Scientific Hungary Kft. Hungary 15. Erie-Watala Glass Company Limited Hong Kong 16. Ever Ready Thermometer Co., Inc. Wisconsin 17. Gerhard Menzel Glasbearbeitungswerk GmbH & Co. KG Germany 18. Kerr Australia Pty. Ltd. Australia 19. Kerr Corporation Delaware 20. Kerr GmbH Germany 21. Kerr Italia S.p.A. Italy 22. Kerr UK Limited England 23. Lab-Line Instruments, Inc. Delaware 24. Maquiladora Aci-Mex, SA de CV Mexico 25. Metrex Research Corporation Wisconsin 26. Nalge (Europe) Limited England 27. Nalge Nunc International Corporation Delaware 28. Nalge Nunc International K.K. Japan 29. Nalge Process Technologies Group, Inc. Wisconsin 30. National Scientific Company Wisconsin 31. The Naugatuck Glass Company Connecticut 32. Nunc A/S Denmark 33. Nunc GmbH & Co. KG Germany 34. Ormco Corporation Delaware 35. Ormco Europe BV The Netherlands 36. Ormco BV The Netherlands 37. Ormco de Mexico SA de CV Mexico 38. Ormco Pty. Ltd. Australia 39. Ormodent SA France 40. Ormex SA de CV Mexico 41. Owl Separation Systems, Inc. Wisconsin 42. Pinnacle Products, Inc. Wisconsin 43. Remel Inc. Wisconsin 2 COMPANY NAME JURISDICTION - ------------ ------------ 44. Richard-Allan Scientific Company Wisconsin 45. Samco Scientific Corporation Delaware 46. Scherf Prazision Europa GmbH Germany 47. SDS de Mexico SA de CV Mexico 48. Summit Biotechnology, Inc. Wisconsin 49. Sybron Canada Limited Canada 50. Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. Delaware 51. Sybron Dental Specialties Japan, Inc. Japan 52. Sybron Laboratory Products Corporation Delaware