please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message varta type aktiengesellschaft industry electrical equipment founded 1887 1887 founder adolf m ller headquarters ellwangen germany area served worldwide products electrical batteries brands varta parent johnson controls website varta.com varta ag pronounced va ta ; distribution recharging and repair of portable accumulators ; german vertrieb aufladung reparatur transportabler akkumulatoren is a german company manufacturing batteries for global automotive industrial and consumer markets . history edit varta was founded by adolf m ller in 1887 and established in 1904 as a subsidiary of accumulatoren fabrik afa . 1 after world war i varta together with afa was acquired by german industrialist g nther quandt and industrialist and varta ceo dr. carl hermann roderbourg . 2 after world war ii most of the varta shares passed from g nther quandt to his son herbert quandt . the subsidiary in east berlin was later occupied by the soviet union and was named bae batterien . 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 were sold to rayovac . the automotive battery business was acquired by johnson controls . 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 . v.e. beteiligungs gmbh and buy out beteiligungs invest ag of austria acquired varta s micro battery business . citation needed references edit varta history . varta . retrieved 2014 . check date values in access date help varta founder villa roderbourg history . villa roderbourg . retrieved 2016 . check date values in access date help external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to varta . official website johnson controls website this german corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title varta & oldid 701278958 categories manufacturing companies established in 1904consumer battery manufacturersgerman brandsmotor vehicle battery manufacturersgerman company stubshidden categories cs1 errors datesarticles needing additional references from march 2015all articles needing additional referencesarticles containing german language textall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2015commons category with local link same as on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschfran aisitalianonederlands norsk bokm lpolski sloven inasvenskat rk e edit links this page was last modified on 23 january 2016 at 16 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view