GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KEMET's Ceramic Capacitor Team was recently honored during an awards dinner ceremony at the Carolina First Center in Greenville with the 2007 InnoVision Technology Award in the Technology Development category. The award was accepted on behalf of KEMET by Jim Magee, Senior Engineer, Ceramic Business Group. The winning project from the Ceramic Business Group involved the development of a new, proprietary material system that enables the manufacture of environmentally friendly, high-performance, and low-cost multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). The first generation of the MLCC project resulted in a lead- and cadmium-free Class 1 multilayer ceramic capacitor. KEMET realized the great potential of this newly invented material set and associated processing technology, and after optimization of all the materials and processes, released a second generation of the MLCCs with up to 15 times higher capacitance. These second-generation capacitors have the highest-ever volumetric efficiency and represent the state of the art in Class 1 MLCCs. The technology is covered in one US patent, one published US patent application, and one unpublished US patent application and has led to a generation of higher-reliability ceramic capacitors that are helping the electronics industry push the frontiers of miniaturization and high performance, while still being environmentally friendly. Two of the three finalists in the Technology Development category were KEMET teams. The finalist project from the Tantalum Business Group detailed the successful development of a first-to-market tantalum capacitor that enables the latest generation of computers to reach their full potential in size and speed -- the KO-CAP T520 330 microfarad 2.5V 6 milliohm tantalum organic polymer capacitor. "KEMET is honored to receive this prestigious award, and it is extremely gratifying for the company. Over the last few years we have intensified our focus on becoming a leader in technology," said Dr. Philip Lessner, KEMET Chief Technology Officer. "Receiving this award is confirmation that we are making significant advancements on this goal. I'm proud of the work our team does on a daily basis and look forward to more awards and patents from them in the future." 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 (organic and electrolytic), 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 DATASOURCE: KEMET Corporation CONTACT: Dean W. Dimke, Director of Corporate and Marketing Communication of KEMET Corporation, +1-864-228-4448, Web site: http://www.kemet.com/

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