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Renata (battery)

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Renata AG SA (Renata Batteries), based in Itingen, Switzerland, is a developer and manufacturer of batteries (particularly coin or button cells). Renata is a subsidiary of The Swatch Group.[1]

Technology

Battery technologies offered by Renata comprise silver oxide (for wristwatches, calculators and small electronic toys, etc.), zinc air (for hearing aids), lithium (non-rechargeable, primary) (for computer battery backup, etc.) and lithium polymer (rechargeable, secondary) (for industrial use).[2]

History

Renata was founded in 1952 as a manufacturer of components for mechanical watches and diversified into production of coin or button cells in 1974. Renata was acquired by SMH Swiss Corporation for Microelectronics and Watchmaking Industries Ltd in 1982 (in 1998 SMH became known as The Swatch Group) and produces cells, batteries and associated encapsulation technologies and cell/battery holders.[1][3]

Global Position

Renata claims to be 'one of the three largest producers of coin cells Worldwide'[3] and also claims that they produces over one million [1] batteries a day.

References

  1. ^ a b c [1] Swatch Group website (retrieved 20-Jan-2013) Cite error: The named reference "swatch-web" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ [2] Renata website (retrieved 20-Jan-2013)
  3. ^ a b [3] Renata website (retrieved 20-Jan-2013)


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