• The first "KATOD" shop opened in Saint-Petersburg. Thus, the creation in the city of a network of company shops under the trade mark of "KATOD" with a standard of service for customers that was new at that time, providing rendering of additional services, such as tyre repair works, balancing of wheels, and replacement of oil. Buyers had the opportunity to not only make a purchase, but also to get rid of the necessity of executing such "dirty" work like mounting of the battery onto the car, or replacing the oil. The trained personnel, qualified organisation and the up-to-date equipment allowed these operations to be performed at a high quality level and quickly.
  • There was the first point of collecting for the starter batteries that have worked during their service life and malfunctioned, which was the initial reason for the development of the network of certified points for collecting and processing of ecologically hazardous battery scrap.