KEMET Unveils Advanced Industry-Focused Product Search Capabilities on KEMET.com

GREENVILLE, SC –  April 14, 2010 –  KEMET Corporation (OTC:KEME) (BULLETIN BOARD: KEME) announced new website functionality that enables customers to conduct capacitor and ferrite product part searches by industry focus. The advanced search mechanism sorts parts by KEMET’s eight key industries and intuitively guides visitors towards relevant products and selection points. This enhanced search design better assists customers in locating targeted products across all KEMET tantalum, ceramic, aluminum polymer, film, paper and aluminum electrolytic dielectrics.

This industry-focused web search enhancement will greatly improve our customers’ overall KEMET.com experience, enable them to locate parts in a more efficient manner and augment cross-selling opportunities, said Dr. Daniel Persico, KEMET Vice President, Strategic Marketing & Business Development. Our website truly shows the marketplace that KEMET is The Capacitance Company–one source offering 95% of possible dielectric solutions.

To use the KEMET industry part search, visitors click on a Choose Your Industry option from the KEMET.com home page. They are then directed to a specific industry landing page featuring a summary of supported programs as well as the benefits and advantages of KEMET products for the chosen industry. To search for parts, customers simply select a dielectric and are presented with a list of relevant products. Options in parametric drop-down lists can then be selected to locate a specified part in CapacitorEdge. From here, visitors can view the datasheet, submit questions, request samples, check availability with distributors or make an immediate purchase.

  Industry search functionality is available for the following segments:

  —  Alternative Energy
  —  Computer
  —  Consumer/Gaming
  —  Industrial/Lighting
  —  Medical
  —  Military/Aerospace
  —  Telecom
  —  Transportation

  About KEMET

KEMET Corporation (OTC:KEME) (BULLETIN BOARD: KEME) 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/.