The company, a division of the Union Carbide Corporation has been established for over 100 years. Its famous logo featuring a black cat inside a red trapezoid-shaped background has become a world-wide symbol of the battery.
美商永備電石公司成立已百餘年，以「紅底黑貓及梯形排列的 EVEREADY」為商標，產品行銷世界，向來執全球電池業牛耳。民國七十年十月，這赫赫有名的跨國公司來勢洶洶地到了寶島，並挑起一連串官司。