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Duracell is perhaps the world’s best known make of batteries. The brand is owned by the multinational conglomerate Proctor and Gamble. Duracell was founded by scientist Samuel Ruben and entrepreneur Philip Rogers Mallory. They developed an alkaline technology in the 1970s to replace the need for more dangerous mercury batteries. Duracell was introduced in 1974. It is a combination of the words ‘durable’ and ‘cell’. They marketed the batteries as being the world’s longest lasting. The company website says: “As a brand,we realized that there were (and still are) many uses for batteries. And as technology advanced, the uses for batteries only increased. We quickly became the world's leading producer of high-performance alkaline batteries.”
金霸王是世界上最知名的电池制造商
。金霸王的所有权是跨国集团宝洁公司 。该公司是由科学家山谬·鲁本和企业家菲立普·马洛里共同建立的 。20世纪70年代,他们率先开发了碱性技术,这项技术代替了人们对高危险性物质水银电池的需求 。1974年,金霸王引入了碱性电池 。该产品是持久性的代名词 。在市场营销方面,他们认为金霸王电池是世界上最耐用的电池 。该公司的网站上称:“作为品牌公司,我们意识到直至今日,电池在我们生活中依然占据着主要的地位 。随着技术的不断提高,人们对电池的使用也在不断加大 。我们迅速成为了世界上碱性电池的领头企业 。”译文属可可英语原创,未经允许,不得转载 。