KEMET

KEMET Overview

Kemet It is a world-renowned capacitor manufacturer founded in 1919 and headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. The company's laboratory was purchased from Cooper Research Corporation in Cleveland by Union Carbide Corporation. With more than 100 years of technological innovation, we help make products in the world's fastest growing industries. Our components are found in spacecraft and defibrillators—from outer space to inside our bodies, as well as in the products we use every day. We have the broadest selection of capacitor technologies in the industry, including an ever-expanding range of electromechanical devices and electromagnetic compatibility solutions.

We hold more than 1,600 patents and trademarks around the world and have established our products' leading position with our advanced R&D, technical personnel and design capabilities. We are dedicated to research and materials science, with innovation centers around the world. Our quality goal is zero defects. We provide unparalleled customer service, 100% on-time delivery, and ship more than 50 billion components annually to 180,000 customers worldwide. We are easy to design and easy to buy. With global manufacturing facilities, international sales offices and an extensive distribution network, we're close to you no matter where you are.

Sustainability is an important part of our culture and we conduct business in a sustainable manner, demonstrating our commitment to the environment, our people and the communities in which we operate. We are a trusted supplier to the transportation, medical, defense, aerospace, industrial, communications and consumer products industries. Around the world, in all types of products, we build for tomorrow.

On June 15, 2020, KEMET was merged by YAGEO-Yageo Corporation (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2327). The combined organization will become a powerhouse in electronic passive components with a leading product portfolio including polymers, tantalum, Ceramic, film and electrolytic capacitors, chip resistors, circuit protection and magnetic components, sensors, actuators and inductors, all serving a full range of end-use markets. In addition, the company will have a larger global footprint and will be better able to work with long-term blue-chip customers around the world.

history

KEMET's name is a blend of "chemistry" and "metallurgy." KEMET's first products were superalloys for vacuum tubes used in power grids.

In 1930, the product line expanded to include barium aluminum alloy go-getters, the basic element in every vacuum tube. Its sales volume of tantalum capacitors ranks first in the world and it occupies a global leadership position in the field of passive electronic technology.

In 1962, the capacitor business experienced very rapid growth. By the late 1960s, KEMET clearly established the United States as a major capacitor manufacturer, with the leading market share in solid tantalum capacitors. In order to expand KEMET's product range and allow it to continue its rapid growth, it was decided to enter the multilayer ceramic capacitor business.

On April 1, 1987, KEMET was acquired by Union Carbide Corporation.

On October 21, 1992, KEMET successfully IPOed.

KEMET has production plants in 11 countries including the United States, China and Mexico, and a global sales and distribution network.

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Since its founding in 1919, KEMET has been working to make the world a better, safer and more connected place to live. What started in one inventor's garage lab now spans dozens of locations around the world and thousands of KEMET employees. We played a central role in the development of key technologies that define modern history. Although we are not a household name, our products are. Our stories of innovation are relevant to the 20th century and beyond. We are shaped into tomorrow.