The National Carbon Company was a dominant American manufacturer of batteries and lighting products in the early 20th century.
At the same time, E. M. Jewett, was working in the company's Lakewood plant on the west side of Cleveland, under the direction of George Little.
In 1896 the company marketed the first battery intended for widespread consumer use: the sealed, six-inch, 1.5 volt Columbia.
NCC was the first company to successfully manufacture and distribute sealed dry cell batteries on a large scale.
A division spun off in 2017, NeoGraf Solutions, LLC, retains the original National Carbon factory in Lakewood, Ohio.