Eveready even painted their batteries with a red top to cash in on Hall's popularity.
In 2000, Ralston spun off Eveready, and it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange as Energizer Holdings, Inc.
Several former customers of the plant including National Grid, Eveready, and Union Carbide put up over $4 million for the clean-up being supervised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
In July 2007, Eveready was stopped by police along Haskell Avenue while driving his Chrysler sedan without license plates.