Ellwangen, 17 November 2025 - VARTA Microbattery is supporting the German delegation of athletes at the 25th Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo in 2025. The company is providing the athletes with premium hearing aid batteries from the power one brand.
‘The Deaflympics stand for performance, community and inclusion – values that also drive us,’ says Torsten Schmerer, Managing Director of VARTA Microbattery GmbH & VARTA Micro Produktion GmbH. ‘As a European technology leader with a long tradition, we are committed to ensuring the best possible hearing even under the most demanding conditions with our batteries. For the Japanese market, for example, we have developed batteries that are precisely tailored to the local climatic requirements.’
Organized by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD), the Deaflympics will bring together around 4,000 deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes from over 80 countries from 15 November 2025 to 26 November 2025. For the first time, the international sporting event will take place in Japan, where the focus will be on inclusion and empowerment through sport.
With its support for the Deaflympics, VARTA Microbattery is underlining its long-term commitment to innovation, inclusion and social participation – and its role as a reliable partner in the field of modern hearing technology.
About DGSV
The German Deaf Sports Association (DGSV) is the German umbrella organization for organized sports for people with specific hearing impairments. It is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) and the European Deaf Sports Organization (EDSO) and represents Germany with its competitive athletes at the Deaflympics, World Championships, European Championships and international competitions.
With 14 regional deaf sports associations and more than 150 deaf sports clubs, the DGSV provides a network for the sign language community, which practices its sport in twenty-six different disciplines at both national and international level. With determination, both within Germany and at international level, the association has promoted organized sport and initiated disabled sport as early as 1910, when it was not even thought of anywhere else in the world.