KEMET and United States Department of Energy Sign Contract for $15.1 Million Government Grant

Greenville, South Carolina (March 2, 2010) - KEMET Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: KEME), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, multilayer ceramic, solid aluminum, plastic film, paper and aluminum electrolytic capacitors, today announced the signing of a $31.7 million contract with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory. This contract is based on the $15.1 million grant awarded on August 5, 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative plus a $16.6 million matching investment by KEMET.

KEMET has been working with the DOE on the details of the contract since that original announcement. The contract will enable the company to produce film and aluminum electrolytic capacitors within the United States to support alternative energy products and emerging green technologies such as hybrid electric drive vehicles.

"We are aiming to have two production lines operational by the last quarter of the current calendar year with an additional two lines coming on board by the end of 2011 and another two by the end of 2012," stated Dr. Johnny Boan, KEMET's Senior Director of Business Development, and the project lead in securing this grant.

"The grant will allow KEMET to install capacity in the United States for DC bus capacitors, which reduces the supply chain risk that Electric Drive Vehicle manufacturers face with the current dependence on non-United States suppliers for this key subcomponent," stated Dr. Daniel Persico, KEMET's Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Business Development. "This grant will position KEMET as a key player in this rapidly developing and growing industry. Customer response has been very favorable," continued Persico.

The additional capacity resulting from this grant will create over 110 new jobs in South Carolina. Hiring for these positions will start later this year and the Company will make an official announcement at the beginning of the hiring process.

KEMET Launches a New High Temperature C0G Dielectric Platform

GREENVILLE, South Carolina (February 2, 2010) - KEMET Corporation (KEME.OB), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, multilayer ceramic, solid aluminum, plastic film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced the release of a new high temperature C0G dielectric platform.

KEMET's new High Temperature Surface Mount C0G MLCCs features a robust and proprietary base metal dielectric system that offers industry-leading performance relative to capacitance and case size combined with capacitance stability at extreme temperatures up to +200C. This new platform promotes downsizing opportunities of existing High Temperature C0G technology, and offers replacement opportunities for existing X7R/BX/BR technologies.

"Our High Temperature C0G MLCCs offer no capacitance change with respect to applied DC voltage, temperature, and time as demonstrated by Class II dielectrics systems, such as X7R Dielectric," stated Jeff Franklin, Specialty Product Manager for KEMET. "Our customers in the Down-Hole, Industrial, Military and Aerospace markets require the higher capacitance, temperature stability and reliability this new platform offers," continued Franklin.

Typical applications include critical timing, tuning, circuits requiring low loss, circuits with pulse, high current, decoupling, by-pass, filtering, transient voltage suppression, blocking and energy storage for use in extreme environments commonly present in applications such as down-hole exploration, aerospace engine compartments and geophysical probes.

Martek Power Front End Supplies for Datacom and DPA

Torrance, Calif., February 2010 -- Martek Power's newly released T series front-end power supplies are hot-swappable, power factor corrected units. Featuring a wide 90-264 VAC or 36- 72 VDC input range; 12 VDC or 48 VDC (1200 or 1500 watt) output and a 5V standby output, the new power supply series are designed and ideal for data storage, data communication and distributed power architecture.

Hot plug and active current sharing scheme of the T series enable continuous operation without interruption and redundancy to the 12 VDC or 48 VDC bus. In addition, I2C management bus enables user to access power supply's record, power supply's temperature, fan status, output voltage and current. It also provides warning before shutting down output due to over temperature or fan fail.

The AC-DC front-end power supplies are compact (11.23 x 1.6 x 5.6-inches) enough that three units can be configured into a 1U, 19-in shelf rack. Highly efficient thermal design with internalfans cooling permits their use over a wide temperature range of 0 to +55C and provides very high reliability. Versions with front-mounted (ATF, DTF) and rear-mounted (ATR, DTR) AC receptacles are available. The T series meets UL/CSA and all international safety requirements.

Martek Power is a leader in the design and manufacture of standard, modified standard and custom power supplies and DC/DC converters. With design and manufacturing centers in Europe, North America, North Africa and Asia, Martek Power is uniquely qualified to satisfy customers in worldwide markets with local technical and customer service support. Martek Power has over 40 years of experience supporting OEMs engaged in Aerospace, Military, Rail & Automotive, Medical, Telecom & Networking, Computer & Data Storage, Instrumentation and Industrial applications.