The company was founded in 1934 by Philip Rogers Mallory, and initially manufactured tungsten wire for lamp filaments and bearings.
Rather than making a career in his family's shipping business, he founded his own manufacturing company, the P. R. Mallory Company.
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In the United States, mercury oxide batteries were manufactured by companies including P. R. Mallory and Co Inc, (now Duracell), Union Carbide Corporation (whose former battery division is now called Energizer Holdings), RCA Corporation, and Burgess Battery Company.