B.E.R.E.C.

B.E.R.E.C. was formed in 1906 as the export branch of the Ever Ready battery company and stood for British Ever Ready Electrical Company = BEREC. B.E.R.E.C., like Ever Ready, ceased production in the UK and most of the world in 1980 when Hanson Trust plc acquired the company.fact|date=May 2007 The firm had factories in the UK and to a lesser extent Canada, Daimon in Germany, Superpila in Italy, Eveready in South Africa, Ever Ready in Sri Lanka.fact|date=May 2007. Eveready is a trade name for its American competitors.

References

* [http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1970_1975/fulltext/081c02.pdf 1974 U.K. government document] concerning Ever Ready/B.E.R.E.C., P.R. Mallory and Co Inc, Exide, Crompton Parkinson Ltd and Rayovac over an apparent monopoly by Ever Ready/B.E.R.E.C., Exide and P. R. Mallory and Co Inc at the other firms apparent expense.