KEMET Named One of HP's Top Suppliers


Greenville, South Carolina (May 16, 2008) - KEMET Corporation (NYSE:KEM) today announced that the company has been named one of HP's top suppliers.

The suppliers on the list released by HP in April represent more than 95
percent of the company's procurement expenditures for materials,
manufacturing, and assembly of HP's products worldwide.

This is the first time a major technology company has released a list of its largest suppliers. In sharing the list, HP's objective is to promote transparency and progress in raising social and environmental standards in the electronics industry supply chain. As the world's largest IT company, HP operates the largest supply chain in the technology industry and has a legacy of leadership in advancing supply chain social and environmental responsibility. The contract manufacturers, electronic manufacturing
services providers, original design manufacturers, and commodity suppliers on the list must comply with the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct (EICC)
and meet HP's stringent social and environmental responsibility
expectations, wherever in the world the suppliers operate.

"We are very proud to be included on HP's list of its top suppliers," said
KEMET CEO Per Loof. "Our company's goal is to become 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 HP to build the products and technologies of tomorrow while providing the service that differentiates us from the rest of the industry."

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.

Contact:
Dean W. Dimke
Director of Corporate and Marketing Communication
deandimke@kemet.com
864-228-4448

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