John (Johnny) Boan has been named vice president of business development at KEMET Electronics Corporation (NYSE Amex: KEM).

Previously the company’s senior director for automotive strategic marketing, Boan joined KEMET in 1980 and has gone on to hold a variety of automotive-related management positions in manufacturing, product management, sales and marketing.

A South Carolina native, he holds a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C.; a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas in Brownsville; a Ph.D. in business administration from Kennedy Western University in Cheyenne, Wy., and a master's of science degree in industrial engineering and quality from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti.

Boan is married and lives in Greenville, S.C., with his wife and two children.

Headquartered in South Carolina, KEMET is a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, film and electrolytic capacitors – all critical subcomponents in hybrid electric-drive systems.

Last year the company signed a $31.7-million contract with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory to develop technology for electric-drive vehicles and other alternative energy products. KEMET’s customers include many of the world’s major automotive suppliers, including Bosch, Continental, Delphi, Lear, Magneti Marelli, TRW and Visteon.

About KEMET

KEMET Electronics Corporation (NYSE Amex: KEM) 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. Additional information about KEMET can be found at http://www.kemet.com.

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