KEMET Recognized by Celestica with a 2007 Total Cost of Ownership Supplier Award
Greenville, South Carolina (June 11, 2008) - KEMET Corporation (NYSE:KEM) today announced it has been awarded the 2007 Total Cost of Ownership (TCOO
TM) Best Score Award from Celestica, a global leader in the delivery of end-to-end product lifecycle solutions. This award recognizes suppliers that support Celestica's overall supply chain goal-to reduce the total cost of ownership for its customers and to give them the flexibility they need to overcome any challenge.
"KEMET is proud to be recognized by Celestica with this most prestigious award," said KEMET Chief Executive Officer, Per Loof. "We have worked hard to position ourselves as The Capacitance Company-the first company any electronics manufacturer calls for everything from products to design collaboration to custom development. This means we have to be the number one provider of capacitance, regardless of technology, chemistry, form factor, or manufacturing process. It also means setting the standard in product and service excellence-working in partnership with industry-leading customers such as Celestica to build the products and technologies of tomorrow while providing the service that differentiates us from the rest of the industry, all at the most cost-effective prices possible."
"Congratulations to KEMET for being recognized with the Best TCOO Score Award in Celestica's 2007 TCOO Supplier Awards program," said John Boucher, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain Management Solutions and Chief
Procurement Officer, Celestica. "I sincerely thank KEMET for supporting
our supply chain strategy and helping us to drive speed and responsiveness in the supply chain."
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, film, aluminum, electrolytic, and paper dielectrics. KEMET's common stock is listed on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KEM. Additional information about KEMET can be found at www.kemet.com.
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Contact: Dean W. Dimke
Director of Corporate and
Marketing Communication
deandimke@kemet.com
864-228-4448
