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Berec
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8.5 x 11 cm
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The British Ever Ready Electrical Company (BEREC) was a British electrical engineering company founded in 1906 as the export arm of the American Eveready Battery Company. In 1914 it gained independence from its American parent company. The company dominated the UK consumer battery market for decades and had several factories in the UK, the largest of which was built in Tanfield Lea, County Durham, in 1968. Other factories included Dawley, Four Ashes, Maldon, Newburn, London. (Victoria Works) and Forest Road) and Park Lane, Wolverhampton. The company's research efforts were centered on the Central Laboratories, later known as Group Technical Center, at St. Ann's Road, Harringay, London N15. The company's headquarters was Ever Ready House in Whetstone, London N20. [1] Overseas manufacturing sites including South Africa, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Jamaica. The company also included UK engineering divisions: Cramic Engineering and Toolrite. In 1972 the company acquired JA Crabtree & Co, a manufacturer of electrical accessories. [2] The company was the subject of a hostile takeover by Hanson Trust in 1981. Hanson closed factories, ripped jobs and sold its German (Daimon) and Italian (Superpila) subsidiaries to Duracell. [3] Shortly before that, the British Ever Ready Electrical Company changed its name to Berec Group. From the 1950s onwards, the BEREC name was only used for battery and radio exports (such as British Ever Ready Export Company). Some Daimon batteries were BEREC branded like some produced in Switzerland. One of Hanson's first decisions was to return from Berec to Ever Ready as the UK brand. In 1992 the company was sold by Hanson Trust to Ralston Purina, owners of the US Eveready company, and is now part of Energizer Holdings. [3] The company closed Tanfield Lea, the last UK plant, in 1996. [4] Production of some Ever Ready batteries (PP6, PP7 and PP9) continued in the UK until 1999 with Univercell Battery Company, close to old Dawley. factory using the original machines. The company was also a producer of torches and bicycle lamps. Ever Ready also manufactured radios from 1934 to 1964. Ever Ready owned a controlling interest in Lissen (mostly radio combinations) from 1928. With the founder Van Lissen from 1922, who formed Vidor in 1934, Ever Ready took over Lissen completely. Many models of radio sets were manufactured in Lissen and Ever Ready versions until 1941 when the Blitz ended production. Only one Ever Ready radio model was produced from 1942 to 1945. Three "offshore" models were produced in 1981, one from Hong Kong and two from Malaysia. [5] The Steelpan Special radio was sold to Africa in large numbers. [6] The Dawley plant was originally set up to make B103 and B136 batteries for the Saucepan radio.

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