
VARTA AG (; german: link=no, Vertrieb, Aufladung, Reparatur transportabler Akkumulatoren – ) is a German company manufacturing
batteries
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for global automotive, industrial, and consumer markets.
History
VARTA was founded by Adolf Müller in 1887, and established in 1904 as a subsidiary of
Accumulatoren-Fabrik AFA The Accumulatoren-Fabrik Aktiengesellschaft (AFA) was a manufacturer of lead-acid batteries established in 1890 by Adolph Müller of the ''Accumulatoren-Fabrik Tudorschen Systems Müller & Einbeck'' with the participation of the Siemens AG and AEG c ...
. After
World War I, VARTA together with AFA was acquired by German industrialist
Günther Quandt and Industrialist and VARTA CEO Dr.
Carl Hermann Roderbourg. After
World War II, most of the VARTA shares passed from Günther Quandt to his son,
Herbert Quandt. The subsidiary in
East Berlin
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was later occupied by the
Soviet Union, and was named
BAE Batterien
BAE Batterien GmbH is a producer of lead acid batteries for automotive and industrial applications and is headquartered in Germany since 1899.
The company is selling its batteries worldwide for the use in photovoltaic (solar-power related), tel ...
.
In 1977, VARTA AG's businesses were split up by Herbert Quandt; battery and plastics operations were retained in VARTA AG, but the pharmaceuticals and specialty chemical businesses were transferred to a new company called
Altana, and the electrical business was spun off into a company called CEAG. Herbert Quandt left the company's shares to his children.
In 2002, the consumer battery activities (excluding
button cells) were sold to Rayovac. The automotive battery business was acquired by
Johnson Controls. The
button cell and
home energy storage businesses were acquired by
Montana Tech Components.
By 2006, VARTA AG had sold all its operating divisions, and the Quandts had sold their shares. VARTA AG then liquidated its remaining assets, contracts, liabilities and shareholdings, in particular the manufacture and sale of VARTA batteries, while continuing its company businesses.
On 19 October 2017 shares of the VARTA AG started flotation on the stock market (
Prime Standard). With an emission price of 17,50 Euro the company had a value of 668,5 Mio. Euro On 2 January 2019, American company
Energizer Holdings, Inc. took control over VARTA's consumer battery segment. On 29 May 2019, VARTA AG signed an agreement to acquire the VARTA Consumer Batteries business for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions (including the manufacturing and distribution facilities in Germany) from Energizer Holdings, which was completed on 2 January 2020.
Products
VARTA-PoliFlex.jpg, Poliflex-Accumulator from Varta Microbattery
VARTA Akkumulatoren.jpg, Rechargeable batteries from Varta
Lithium-Ionen-Accumulator.jpg, Lithium-Ion-Accumulator
Battery D-Cell Varta Pertrix 1970s detail.jpg, zinc–carbon battery: monocel with the design of the 1970s
Fotothek df roe-neg 0006335 017 Batterie von Pertrix detail.jpg, battery from Pertrix
121020-Varta-Pertrix-15V.jpg, Varta Pertrix 74, 15-Volt-Battery
Li-coincells.jpg, Different types of coin cell
A button cell, watch battery, or coin battery is a small single-cell battery shaped as a squat cylinder typically in diameter and high — resembling a button. Stainless steel usually forms the bottom body and positive terminal of the cell; insu ...
s from Varta
Varta Akku-Kombi-Lader.jpg, Varta combi charger with 2 Varta NiCd accumulators (2100mAh, AA)
VARTA LED Taschenlampe.jpg, LED- torch light produced by VARTA
Solar-Charger Varta.jpg, Varta Solar Charger Model 57082 with two 2100mAh Ni–MH rechargeable batteries
References
External links
*
Official website for VARTA Automotive Batteries
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Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Electric power companies of Germany
Manufacturing companies established in 1887
German brands
Consumer battery manufacturers
Motor vehicle battery manufacturers
1887 establishments in Germany
Companies in the TecDAX
Companies in the MDAX
Quandt family