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.