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KEMET Named One of HP's Top Suppliers

Submitted by: John Warner on May 16, 2008 at 4:54 pm Tagged with: capacitors, electronic components Source: KEMET

GREENVILLE, S.C., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KEMET Corporation
(NYSE: KEM) today announced that the company has been named one of HP's top
suppliers. The suppliers on the list released by HP in April represent more
than 95 percent of the company's procurement expenditures for materials,
manufacturing, and assembly of HP's products worldwide.

This is the first time a major technology company has released a list
of its largest suppliers. In sharing the list, HP's objective is to promote
transparency and progress in raising social and environmental standards in
the electronics industry supply chain. As the world's largest IT company,
HP operates the largest supply chain in the technology industry and has a
legacy of leadership in advancing supply chain social and environmental
responsibility. The contract manufacturers, electronic manufacturing
services providers, original design manufacturers, and commodity suppliers
on the list must comply with the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct (EICC)
and meet HP's stringent social and environmental responsibility
expectations, wherever in the world the suppliers operate.

"We are very proud to be included on HP's list of its top suppliers,"
said KEMET CEO Per Loof. "Our company's goal is to become The Capacitance
Company -- the first company any electronics manufacturer calls for
everything from products to design collaboration to custom development.
This means we have to be the number one provider of capacitance, regardless
of technology, chemistry, form factor, or manufacturing process. It also
means setting the standard in product and service excellence -- working in
partnership with industry-leading customers such as HP to build the
products and technologies of tomorrow while providing the service that
differentiates us from the rest of the industry."

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, film, aluminum, electrolytic, and paper dielectrics. KEMET's
common stock is listed on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KEM.
Additional information about KEMET can be found at http://www.kemet.com .

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