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History

Part of 130 years of innovation heritage.

The first 100 years

A remarkable history of innovation

1887

Foundation

Adolph Müller establishes “Accumulatoren-Fabrik Tudorschen Systems Büsche & Müller OHG” in Hagen, the historic origin of VARTA .
1896

North Pole expedition

AFA storage batteries withstand low-temperature testing at minus 30°C to 50°C on Fridtjof Nansen’s North Pole expedition
1904

VARTA

Subsidiary VARTA Accumulatoren GmbH is established in Berlin (VARTA stands for the German words for distribution, charging and repair of transportable accumulators).
1969

Moon

Neil A. Armstrong is the first man to set foot on the moon. The camera uses VARTA batteries.
1997

Microbatteries

Setup of NiMH production in Ellwangen

XXI Century

Growth & development in Microbatteries and stationary Energy Storage Solutions.

2002

Split up and sale of former VARTA AG subsidiaries

Consolidating of global microbattery activities in VARTA Microbattery GmbH Automotive batteries division sold to Johnson Controls, Inc. Consumer batteries division sold to Spcetrum Brands, Inc.
2007

Montana Tech Components AG

Buys the R&D and Microbattery business from Deutsche Bank & Fam. Quandt
2009

Joint venture

established with VOLKSWAGEN
2011

Hearing aid

Construction of the largest and most modern hearing aid battery plant in the world Montana Tech Components AG buys the holding company VARTA AG.
2012

VARTA Storage

Establishment of business unit VARTA Storage.
2014

Environment

Conversion of battery production to more environmentally friendly mercury-free batteries
2015

Production

Fully automated production of small Lithium-Ion batteries.
2016

VARTA element

Market launch of a new energy storage solution – VARTA element

Anniversary 130 years VARTA history

10 years Montana Tech Components

2017

VARTA pulse

Market launch wall-mounted energy storage system VARTA pulse.