French battery production accelerated through World War I, and by 1920, the French Battery Company had US$2.74 million in sales and 600 employees, and 1000 employees in 1931. Burgess actually succeeded, to his own financial cost, and the company survived, with him becoming a shareholder but after a fire destroyed the plant in 1915, he left to found his own successful battery company. Burgess to concoct a battery to rival those made in America and Europe. Ramsay's fiery self-belief in the industry led him to contract a university chemist C.F. Neither Ramsay nor the other shareholders knew how to make batteries, but Ramsay's leadership kept the enterprise alive, by having assembly line staff make the "Fleur de lis" branded batteries to a lower standard. He moved on to Toronto, and set up a factory making X-Cell brand batteries for Canada. The re-started and re-named assembly plant soon relocated to Wisconsin where Landau's efforts to advance the French company too quickly, combined with a bad run of batteries, led to virtual bankruptcy and he was sacked. The Ramsay collective invested in Landau's functioning low profile Columbia Dry Battery Company which had been halted by copyright issues regarding the adopted name "Columbia". Its first president was German-born chemist, Alfred Landau. In 1906, the French Battery Company was founded in Chicago by James Bowen Ramsay (1869–1952). In November 2018, the company sold their global auto care division (brands which included Armor All, STP, and A/C Pro), to Energizer as well. Spectrum manufactured and sold batteries under the Rayovac and Varta brand names, until it sold its battery division to long-time Rayovac competitor Energizer in January 2018. As of 2018, Spectrum Brands is ranked #422 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. On February 26, 2018, the company announced it was merging with controlling shareholder HRG Group. Spectrum's Hardware & Home Improvement division includes brands such as Kwikset, Baldwin, National Hardware, Pfister, and more. Both aquarium lines and companion lines are concentrated into Spectrum's United Pet Group based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Companion animal lines consist of Dingo, Nature's Miracle, Lazy Pet, Wonderbox, Furminator, IAMS, Eukanuba and others. In the aquarium business, Spectrum owns Tetra, Whisper, Marineland, Perfecto, Jungle, Instant Ocean, Visi-Therm, and other product lines. Spectrum owns several pet care companies, both in the aquarium supply and companion animal trades. The company manufactures and markets home appliances under the Remington, Black & Decker, George Foreman, and Russell Hobbs brand names, lawn and garden care products under the Spectracide and Garden Safe brand names, and insect repellents under the Cutter and Repel brand names. It is one of the Fortune 500 companies, and among the largest of its kind on the list. Headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, it was established in 2005 as the successor company to Rayovac Corporation.
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