VARTA Microbattery strengthens its market position for the future through ISO/TS 16949 certification of its international assembly plants

After a series of comprehensive audits in the plants in Ellwangen (Germany), Batam (Indonesia) and

Shanghai (China), VARTA Microbattery has extended its quality certificates with the ISO/TS 16949

certificate for its assembly plants in Batam and Shanghai.

On account of the rapidly growing utilization and thus steadily increasing importance of micro

batteries in automotive electronics, including use in remote keys, alarms, toll systems, container

tracking as well as the future European emergency call system eCall, VARTA Microbattery has thus

further strengthened its market position for the future in this sector.

Besides the existing certifications according to ISO 9001:2008 for research, development,

manufacture and marketing of electrochemical energy storage systems, ISO 14001:2004 for

environmental management and ISO 50001:2011 for energy management, this additional

certification documents the consistent growth strategy of VARTA Microbattery as a worldwide

supplier of high-quality and reliable energy systems.

VARTA Microbattery, the world market leader for button cells using Zinc Air, NiMH and Li-Ion

technology, relies on fully automatic cell production in Germany and the large-scale production of

customer-specific battery solutions in various locations in Asia and Europe. The basis for these

many years of customer satisfaction is the close co-operation between the design, production,

marketing and logistics divisions, which is greatly appreciated by major customers operating on a

global level, in particular in the automotive sector.

About VARTA Microbattery GmbH

VARTA Microbattery is one of the world's leading battery manufacturers. With production facilities and sales

subsidiaries worldwide, we supply high-quality battery products to our customers in more than 100 countries

around the world. The company is headquartered in Ellwangen, Germany. We develop and produce batteries

for all major electrochemical systems and cell geometries. As a global system supplier, we are in a position to

fulfill our customers' requirements all over the world.