GREENVILLE, S.C., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced its participation at the PCIM Europe 2013 International Exhibition and Conference in Nuremberg, Germany on May 14-16.

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KEMET will be featuring its latest electronic components solutions in Hall 7, Booth 341. In addition, Paola Bettacchi, KEMET Senior Manager, Film Technology, will be presenting a technical paper at the Passives Component and Sensors Conference titled Green Energy and Industrial Film Capacitor Applications on May 14 at 3:30 PM local time.

"PCIM attracts some of the most highly regarded design engineers in the world today. This is an ideal venue in which to showcase KEMET's latest electronic component solutions," said Per Loof, KEMET Chief Executive Officer. "KEMET remains steadfast in our commitment to be a technology leader and the PCIM show allows us to network with other industry leaders."

"This year's PCIM show is focused on power electronics, renewable energy and energy management, all of which represent areas of opportunity for our specialty solutions," stated Dr. Johnny Boan, KEMET Vice President of Marketing. "I am excited to be attending this year's show as KEMET is poised to gain market share in applications requiring designed-in specialty products," continued Boan.

About KEMET

KEMET's common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "KEM." At the Investor Relations section of our web site at http://ir.kemet.com/, users may subscribe to KEMET news releases and find additional information about our Company. KEMET applies world class service and quality to deliver industry leading, high performance capacitance solutions to its customers around the world and 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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Certain statements included herein contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws about KEMET Corporation's (the "Company") financial condition and results of operations that are based on management's current expectations, estimates and projections about the markets in which the Company operates, as well as management's beliefs and assumptions. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," variations of such words and other similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's judgment only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or otherwise.

Certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcome and results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements are described in the Company's reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



    Contact: Dean W. Dimke

              Senior Director, Marketing Communications and Investor
              Relations

             deandimke@KEMET.com

             954.766.2806

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