Servel, Inc. - Specimen Stock Certificate

Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. The Burgess Battery Company was a battery manufacturer located in Wisconsin, operating from 1917 until 1989. It was established by Charles F. Burgess, a professor at the University of Wisconsin. In December 1958, Burgess was acquired by Servel, Inc., a company that produced refrigerators and refrigeration equipment, and subsequently became the Burgess Battery Division of Servel. In 1967, Servel merged with Clevite Corporation, a prominent manufacturer of internal combustion engine bearings. Then, in 1969, Clevite merged with Gould-National Batteries, Inc., leading to the renaming of Burgess to Burgess Battery-Gould, Inc., which became a trade name under Gould-National Batteries.