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KEMET Announces New Strategic Marketing and Business Development Organization

GREENVILLE, S.C., July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE:KEM) today announced the establishment of a Strategic Marketing and Business Development Organization. This organization will focus on the complete Strategic Marketing function and consolidate all of KEMET's marketing functions under one individual.

To lead the new organization, Dr. Dan Persico has been named Vice President, Strategic Marketing and Business Development, reporting to the CEO. Dan holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Texas and is a seasoned veteran of the electronics industry. At KEMET, he has served as Director of Tantalum Technology, Vice President of Tantalum Technology, Vice President of Organic Process Technology, and, most recently, Vice President of Technical Marketing and Business Development for the Tantalum Business Unit.

Jim Bruorton, Vice President, Channel Marketing; Joe Porter, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Administration; and Dean Dimke, Director of Corporate and Marketing Communications, and their staffs, will report to Dr. Persico.

As KEMET continues to develop specialty businesses based on niche product offerings, the company's development activities must parallel those of its OEM customers. It is more critical than ever to maintain "mind share" and "board share" and to nurture relationships with existing OEM customers. To this end, Bruce Meyer, currently VP, Sales-Americas, will draw on his extensive global experience in this area to assume the position of Vice President, Marketing- Direct Customers. Bruce will also report to Dr. Persico.

John Drabik is promoted to Vice President, Sales-Americas, replacing Bruce Meyer and reporting to Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Kelly Vogt. John holds a B.S. in Marketing from Purdue University. He began his career with KEMET in 1997 as a Sales Trainee in the company's "Farm Team" sales development program. He has held positions of increasing responsibility in Sales and Product Management since that time, including Sales Representative, District Manager, Product Manager-Ceramic SMD, and, most recently, Director, Product Line Management, Ceramic.

"I am excited about these changes and the energy and focus they can bring to serving our existing customers while exploring new opportunities for KEMET," said Chief Executive Officer Per-Olof Loof. "I believe this new direction will help accelerate our transformation into The Capacitance Company."

"One important aspect of being The Capacitance Company is enhancing the value of the myriad of times we 'touch' the customer on a daily basis," added Dr. Persico. "Placing all Marketing functions under one umbrella will improve KEMET's communication process. This will, in turn, result in a positive impact on the overall development process, ultimately making it possible to deliver higher-value 'solutions' to our customers -- all consistent with KEMET's ETBF (Easy-To-Buy-From) strategy."

KEMET Corporation applies world-class service and quality to deliver industry-leading, high-performance capacitance solutions to its customers around the world. KEMET offers the world's most complete line of surface-mount and through-hole capacitor technologies across tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film and paper dielectrics. KEMET's common stock is listed on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KEM. Additional information can be found at http://www.kemet.com/.

Contact: Dean W. Dimke
Director of Corporate and
Marketing Communication
864-228-4448
deandimke@kemet.com

Source: KEMET Corporation

CONTACT: Dean W. Dimke, Director of Corporate and Marketing
Communication, KEMET Corporation, +1-864-228-4448, deandimke@kemet.com

Web site: http://www.kemet.com/