ith over 100 years of technological innovation, KEMET helps make a wide variety of products possible in the world's most rapidly expanding industries. Our components are found in spacecrafts and defibrillators - from outer space to inside our bodies, and in products we use every day. We have the broadest selection of capacitor technologies in the industry, including an expanding range of electromechanical devices and electromagnetic compatibility solutions.

Holding more than 1,600 patents and trademarks worldwide, we have established a leading position for our products via our advanced R&D, technical staff and design-in capabilities. We are dedicated to research and materials science with innovation centers around the globe. Our quality objective is zero defects. We provide unparalleled customer service, with 100% on-time delivery and ship over 50 billion components per year to 180,000 customers around the world. We are easy to design in and easy to buy from. With global manufacturing facilities, international sales offices, and a broad distribution network, we are close to you and where you are.

KEMET's Portfolio of Products and Solutions:

• Trusted global supplier for most Tier 1 automotive companies

• Class I dielectrics C0G (NP0) and U2J
• High Voltage MLCC's rated ≥ 500 volts
• Commitment to large case size MLCC's from 0805 – 3640 (EIA)

• World's #1 producer 
• Vertically integrated and conflict-free
  tantalum sourcing

• 1st to market automotive
• 1st to market 150°C automotive

• Leading global supplier of Powertrain
• DC-Link and Film Caps for on-board applications for EVs
• Trusted supplier for automotive, industrial, and alternative energy customers

• Alternative energy systems and power conversion
• Electrification in automotive
• EMI Filtering

• Film Based Actuators
• Revolutionary High Definition Haptic
• Thin film actuators add haptic skin to any device embedded in product surface to create:
• Localized, independent sensations anywhere on the surface
• Natural, organic, authentic touch sensations

• Axial/Crown capacitors for high current/high vibration/high Temp. Automotive applications
• Aluminum polymer/Hybrid technology for future growth in automotive and Industrial applications
• Snap-in & Press-Fit Automotive solution for EV on-board charger
• Rectangular (space efficient/stackable) and module solutions

• 1st to market noise suppression solutions

• Automotive, industrial, and medical markets
• Magnetic and metal composite powder materials
• Customization capabilities and solutions

• Piezo ceramic and magnetic materials for sensor applications
• Devices with specialized requirements
• Plug and sense capabilities from component to complete modules
• Materials science development 
• High reliability and high precision products
• Easy to design in customization capabilities and solutions

Sustainability is a large part of our culture, and we conduct business in a sustainable way, demonstrating our commitment towards the environment, our employees, and the communities where we operate. We are a trusted provider for the transportation, medical, defense, aerospace, industrial, communications, and consumer product industries. All around the world, in all types of products, we are built into tomorrow.

On June 15, 2020, KEMET was acquired by YAGEO Corporation.  The combined organization will be a powerhouse of electronic passive components with a leading product portfolio of polymer, tantalum, ceramic, film and electrolytic capacitors, chip resistors, circuit protection as well as magnetics, sensors, actuators, and inductors all addressing a full range of end markets. Additionally, the company will have an enhanced global footprint and will be better able to partner with long-standing, blue-chip customers worldwide.

Provided by Andrew Mikulski, Field Application Engineer, KEMET, a Yageo Company

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