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Varta batteries are trusted by automotive professionals worldwide. It provides superior starting power, longevity, and eco-friendly technology.

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 "Let's Get Back To Better."

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Start-Stop functionality

Start-Stop maximizes fuel efficiency.

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Cold Cranking Power

Highest cold cranking amperes (CCA) for engine starts, while maintaining comfort and safety features

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PowerFrame® grid

Reliable starting power, fast recharge and corrosion resistance

battery types

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Varta uses the patented PowerFrame® grid technology and has more than 100 process, product parameters that are inspected throughout battery production, making them the #1 automotive battery supplier for the industry. (1)

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Origins and Founding (1887)

  • In 1887, Varta's founder Adolf Müller launches the company Büsche & Müller in Hagen, Germany.

  • The name VARTA® is an acronym for Vertrieb, Aufladung, Reparatur Transportabler Akkumulatoren, which stands for Distribution, Recharging and Repair of Portable Accumulators. (2)

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Early Innovations and Milestones

  • Varta offered the first standard-sized starter batteries that fit in every single car in 1936, making replacement quick, easy and cost-effective.

  • 1986 saw Varta launching the world’s first totally maintenance-free LF (liquifix) starter batteries with bound electrolyte technology.

  • In ​1995, its silver dynamic battery delivers high-performance, providing a longer service life and maintenance-free performance. (2)

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Expansion and Diversification

  • Varta automotive batteries are now powered by Clarios, formerly Johnson Controls Power Solutions, a world leader in advanced energy storage solutions.

  • They work on a global scale with 16,000 employees to develop, manufacture, and distribute evolving battery technologies for every vehicle type. (1)

  • In 2011, VARTA® start-stop battery range won the Edison Best New Product Award within the "Energy and Sustainability: Sustainable Power Systems Segment". (2)

  • Varta's batteries are currently being produced in the world's largest production facility for AGM (Absorbent Glass Mat) batteries is in Zwickau, Germany. (3)(4)

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VARTA® batteries are the driving force behind fuel-saving innovations like start-stop engines. Manufactured with up to 20% fewer emissions, it reliably restarts car engines and effectively reduces fuel consumption.

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