Renata was founded in Switzerland in 1952 to produce mechanical parts for wrist-watches. By the 1970s, its focus shifted to the research and development of high quality silver-oxide cells to power them.

Renata is experienced in the end-to-end battery production process. Its modern, highly automated, production plant incorporates an extensive quality testing system.

In addition to watch batteries, Renata manufactures lithium cells for consumer electronics. Research, development, production, and quality testing are grouped at Itingen, Switzerland headquarters. Renata is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified by Bureau Veritas (Switzerland, updated Dec. 2020