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:

Wednesday, February 8


    10:30 AM             High Power Film Capacitors for
                         Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

    11:15 AM             Hermetically Sealed Polymer
                         Tantalum Capacitors
      2:00 PM
                         Industry Session 2.3:
                         HighTemperature, High Density
                         Power Electronics for Electric
                         Drive Vehicles
                         Capacitor Technologies for High
                         Density and High Temperature
                         Power Systems Used in EV, HEV and
                         PHEV Automotive Applications

KEMET will also be exhibiting at booth 223.

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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Contact: Dean W. Dimke
Director of Corporate and Investor Communications
deandimke@KEMET.com
954.766.2806

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