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GREENVILLE, S.C., July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced the promotion of Davide Montanari, Dr. Yuri Freeman and Dr. John Bultitude to the position of Technical Fellow for Film, Tantalum, and Ceramic Technology, respectively. The position of Technical Fellow represents the highest rank one can achieve on a technical career and has the same level as Vice...

Chemical batteries power many different mobile electronic devices, but repeated charging and discharging cycles can wear them out. An alternative energy storage device called an ultracapacitor can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times without degrading, but ultracapacitors have their own disadvantages, including a voltage output that drops precipitously as the device is discharged. Now a researcher from the University of West Florida has designed an ultracapacitor that maintains a near...

GREENVILLE, S.C., July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today introduced its new Polyester and Polypropylene Radial Film Series of capacitors. These devices are suitable for use in a wide variety of applications in the industrial, lighting, consumer, transportation, and alternative energy markets. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please...

GREENVILLE, S.C., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced additions to its T540 and T541 Polymer Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Series of tantalum surface mount capacitors. First-to-market 35 and 50 volt Polymer COTS products provide a better solution than traditional MnO2 devices for certain high reliability applications including radar pulse...

GREENVILLE, S.C., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, announced today that it received regulatory clearance from the European Commission under the European Union (EU) Merger Regulation for its proposed acquisition of a 34% interest in NEC Tokin by KEMET Electronics Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary. As previously announced on March 12, 2012, KEMET entered...

GREENVILLE, S.C., June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced the expansion of its flexible termination (FT-CAP) portfolio to include C0G and Ultra-Stable X8R dielectrics. To view the multimedia assets, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/56730-kemet-expands-flexible-termination-portfolio-ft-cap-c0g-ultra-stable-x8r (Photo:...

CEDAR PARK, Texas, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EEStor Inc. ("EEStor") announced today that it has successfully completed production of an electrical energy storage unit (EESU) dielectric layer that will potentially allow its technology to achieve an energy density which would be competitive against all other electrical energy storage technologies. At the completion of additional internal testing and refinements by EEStor, EEStor plans to obtain third party testing and certification...

SAN DIEGO, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxwell Technologies' (Nasdaq: MXWL) Chief Financial Officer, Kevin Royal, will make a presentation at 10:30 am (EDT), Thursday, June 7, at the Ardour Capital Energy Technology Conference in New York. The presentation will be webcast live and archived for subsequent Internet replay via the following link: http://investors.maxwell.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=94560&p=irol-calendar. Maxwell is a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative,...

GREENVILLE, S.C., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, multilayer ceramic, solid aluminum, plastic film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced that it will be presenting at the KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial, Automotive & Transportation Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 31, 2012 at 9:00 AM EDT. Per Loof, KEMET's Chief Executive Officer, and William Lowe, KEMET's Executive Vice President and...

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today strengthened its RF power product line with the introduction of the DRF1400 power MOSFET. It is well-suited for use in RF generators for a wide range of industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) applications including plasma generation for semiconductors, LCD and solar cell...