Greenville, South Carolina (May 4, 2007) - KEMET Corporation (NYSE:KEM) is proud to announce that it has been awarded TTI’s Supplier Excellence Award for North America at the Platinum level. This coveted award recognizes KEMET for the highest level of performance in sales, customer service, quality, and on-time delivery. Reaching the platinum level is a very special accomplishment, as it requires receiving the award for at least five consecutive years. KEMET has actually received the award for 12 consecutive years.

“We are delighted to receive this award and to be recognized by TTI as one of their most trusted and valued supplier partners,” said KEMET CEO Per-Olof Loof. “Having achieved the award for the past 12 years is particularly gratifying. I am confident we can continue to deliver more and more value to TTI moving forward, earning us another Platinum-level award next year.”

“KEMET has demonstrated year-to-year performance unmatched by any other supplier,” said TTI Senior Vice President Mike Morton. “I truly believe all customers of KEMET have benefited from their early adoption of this program, as KEMET has integrated these performance expectations throughout their manufacturing, quality, and customer service departments worldwide.”

About TTI, Inc.

Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, TTI, Inc. is the largest distributor specialist of passive, interconnect and electromechanical components. TTI is the distributor of choice for industrial and consumer electronic manufacturers worldwide. TTI’s extensive product line includes: resistors, capacitors, connectors, potentiometers, trimmers, magnetic and circuit protection components, wire and cable, identification products, application tools and electromechanical devices. TTI is recognized as the industry’s leader in service and quality and provides a broad array of supply chain services to its customer base. TTI employs 1,700 with more than 50 locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information about TTI visit http://www.ttiinc.com.

About KEMET:

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 through-hole and surface-mount capacitor technologies across tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film and paper dielectrics. Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, manufacturing facilities are located in the southeastern United States, Mexico, China, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, Great Britain, and Indonesia, with distribution centers in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. 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.

Contact:

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