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GREENVILLE, S.C., March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 34% economic interest with a 51% voting interest in NEC TOKIN Corporation ("NT"), a manufacturer of tantalum capacitors, electro-magnetic, electro-mechanical, access devices and piezoelectric ceramics from NEC Corporation of Japan. Revenue of NT for...

GREENVILLE, S.C., March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced that it presented at the 36th annual UNIS-UN Conference on Human Exploitation. This conference investigated and reviewed the various aspects and methods of human exploitation on a global scale. KEMET's presentation, Conflict-Free and Socially Sustainable, focused on KEMET's current social...

GREENVILLE, S.C., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today introduced its new line of surface mount and miniature radial aluminum electrolytic capacitors. These capacitors are available in a variety of configurations, and are well-suited for common applications in the industrial, lighting, consumer and alternative energy markets. Three low-profile surface mount...

GREENVILLE, S.C., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced its guarantee and commitment to all customers that all KEMET tantalum capacitors will be manufactured only from conflict-free tantalum. The recently announced acquisition of the Carson City, Nevada, USA tantalum capacitor powder manufacturing facility from Denham Capital LLC created a...

GREENVILLE, S.C., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today introduced its expanded C4AE Radial Film DC Link Capacitor Series for industrial and alternative energy applications. The C4AE Series now offers new 600 VDC and 105 degrees C ambient temperature ranges as well as smaller case sizes to meet the requirements of modern solar microinverters and inverter-driven...

ROSSENS, Switzerland, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXWL), a leading producer of energy storage and power delivery products, announced today that its Swiss subsidiary will receive approximately $600,000 from the Swiss government to accelerate the company's initiatives to improve manufacturing processes and enhance performance of its CONDIS® high-voltage capacitor products for electric utility grid infrastructure and other high-voltage...

GREENVILLE, S.C., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Niotan Incorporated ("Niotan"), a leading manufacturer of tantalum powders, from an affiliate of Denham Capital Management LP. As previously announced, KEMET paid an initial purchase price of $30 million at the...

GREENVILLE, S.C., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced that there will be no negative impact on the Company's tantalum powder supply as a result of the recent closing of Global Advanced Metals' Wodgina, Australia tantalum mine. KEMET has strategically diversified its raw material sources in an effort to prevent any one supplier from causing...

GREENVILLE, S.C., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, will be presenting at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) in Orlando, FL, February 5-9. KEMET speakers include Jim Piller, Vice President of Tantalum Specialty Business Unit and Andrew Bellavia, Director of Product Marketing for Film and Electrolytic Capacitors. Presentation times are as follows:...

GREENVILLE, S.C., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, will be presenting at the Components for Military & Space Electronics (CMSE) Conference in Los Angeles, CA, February 6-9. KEMET speakers include John Prymak, Director of Advanced Applications; Dr. Yuri Freeman, Principal Scientist from KEMET's Advanced Technology Group; Chuck Tinsley, West Coast Field...