Vintage Duracell Battery Center Value V&S Service Hardware Store Display Sign
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Duracell
originated via the partnership of scientist Samuel Ruben and
businessman Philip Rogers Mallory, who met during the 1920s. The P. R.
Mallory Company of Burlington, Massachusetts, United States, relocated
its headquarters to Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1924. The company produced
mercury batteries for military equipment,[4] trumping the carbon-zinc
batteries used then in virtually all applications. In 1956, P. R.
Mallory & Co. acquired General Dry Batteries, Inc. (GDB) with
headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. GDB was then the third-largest U. S.
manufacturer of zinc-carbon batteries and had made mercury batteries
under license from P. R. Mallory during and post World War II until its
acquisition in 1956.[5] During the 1950s, Kodak introduced cameras with a
bulb flash. The design required a new zinc-carbon cell size; AAA was
introduced.
A Duracell flashlight from the 1980s
In 1964, the
term "Duracell" was introduced as a brand, from "durable cell". Until
1980, the batteries also bore the Mallory brand.
Developments
P.
R. Mallory was acquired by Dart Industries in 1978, which in turn,
merged with Kraft in 1980. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts bought Duracell in
1988 and took the company public in 1989. It was acquired for $7 billion
by The Gillette Company in 1996.
In September 2011,
Duracell and Powermat Technologies Ltd. started a joint venture, called
Duracell Powermat, to make small wireless chargers for mobile phones and
small electronics, with P&G owning 55% of the joint venture shares
and Powermat 45%.
In March 2012, along with Powermat
Technologies, Duracell, under the Procter & Gamble corporate
umbrella, founded the Power Matters Alliance (PMA), an alliance of
leading industry and governmental organizations that is dedicated to
advancing smart and environmentally sound wireless power. AT&T and
Starbucks joined the board later that year.[10]
In 2013, the company released a "Duracell Quantum" line as their top-performing alkaline batteries.
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