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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.

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