KEMET Presents Asia Distributor of the Year Award to TTI Asia

KEMET Presents Asia Distributor of the Year Award to TTI Asia

October 09, 2007

    GREENVILLE, S.C., Oct. 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) today announced that it
has selected TTI Asia as the recipient of its FY2007 Asia
Distributor of the Year Award.

    This award reflects the value KEMET places on the
Distribution segment of its business and is based on a
number of key factors that are of critical importance to
the company.  TTI Asia was singled out for this award based
not only on outstanding sales growth, but also market share,
new product development, ease of doing business, and field
and corporate relationships.

    "TTI has established itself as a strategic channel
partner for KEMET in the Asia/Pacific region," said
KEMET's Vice President, Sales - Asia/Pacific, John
Schneider.  "Their dedication and willingness to work
closely with KEMET at all levels is one of the cornerstones
of our success as partners in the electronics market.

    "Asia is a challenging environment but together we
have found a way to adapt and succeed by satisfying our
mutual customers' demands," adds Schneider. "The
importance of TTI Asia to KEMET's growth strategy is clear,
and we continue to count on their proven abilities to grow
in excess of the market rate while driving operational
efficiencies to minimize the costs of doing business.  We
thank them for their dedication, reliability and overall
best-in-class performance in supporting the KEMET brand in
Asia."

    "We are pleased and honored to receive the
Distributor of the Year award from KEMET for 2007,"
said John Davidson, President, TTI Asia. "We at TTI
value our supplier relationships and we will continue to
work diligently to be the best-in-class distributor for our
supplier partners."

    KEMET Corporation applies world-class service and
quality to deliver industry-leading, high-performance
capacitance solutions to its customers around the world. 
KEMET offers the world's most complete line of 
surface-mount and through-hole capacitor technologies
across tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film and paper
dielectrics.  KEMET's common stock is listed on The New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol KEM.  Additional
information can be found at http://www.kemet.com.


    For more information, please contact:  

    KEMET Corporation
    Dean W. Dimke, Director of Corporate and Marketing
Communication
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