Energizer Holdings, Inc. is an American manufacturer and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of batteries, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The company produces batteries under the Energizer, Ray-O-Vac, Varta, and Eveready brand names, and formerly owned a number of personal care businesses until it separated that side of the business into a new company called Edgewell Personal Care in 2015.
The company’s milestones:
1896 – Columbia, a dry cell battery manufactured by National Carbon Company, became the first commercially available battery sold in the United States The National Carbon Company later became Eveready Battery Company – known today as Energizer®.
1905 – Conrad Hubert renames his company The American Ever Ready Company.
1914 – The American Ever Ready Company becomes part of National Carbon Company. Hubert stays on as president. The trademark is shortened to EVEREADY ®.
1955 – EVEREADY® introduces the first miniature batteries for hearing aids.
1959 – EVEREADY® scientist Lewis Urry revolutionizes the battery industry by introducing the first commercially viable cylindrical alkaline battery.
1967 – EVEREADY® introduces the first rechargeable flashlight.
1975 – EVEREADY® introduces the EVEREADY® economy light – the world’s most popular flashlight.
1980 – EVEREADY® introduces the Energizer® brand.
1989 – EVEREADY® leads the industry in environmental initiatives and offers the first zero-added mercury product.
1992 – EVEREADY® introduces Energizer® e2®, the first AA lithium battery.
1996 – EVEREADY® introduces the company’s first LED lights, offering a squeeze light, compact area/directional light and a bicycle light.
2000 – Eveready Battery Company is spun-off from Ralston Purina Company. Energizer Holdings, Inc. is created.
2001 – Energizer® introduces the Energizer EZ Change®, a new dispenser for hearing aid batteries.
2006 – Energizer®introduces Energi To Go® instant Cell Phone Charger.
2015 – Energizer introduces the world’s first AA battery made with 4% recycled batteries – Energizer® EcoAdvanced™.
As of 2021 – Energizer has six operational facilities in the United States.
2023 – The Energizer Solar ecosystem of solar panels, inverters, and batteries will roll in the United States toward the end of the third quarter this year.
According to en.wikipedia.org; energizerholdings.com. Source of photos: internet
