• A contract is made with Varta Autobatterie GmbH company – the largest international manufacturer of automobile starter batteries. In May 1996, the first delivery of VARTA batteries was accomplished, and "KATOD" company became the first dealer of the VARTA trademark in Russia.
  • Manufacture of batteries started under the company’s own trademark of KATOD. The starter batteries were assembled from accessories of a Bulgarian manufacture on the facility of the "KATOD" company in Saint-Petersburg.