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Kemet Corp. (KEM)

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China Capacity (Ceramic, Electrolytic, Thin-film, Paper Insulated, Plastic,UL, Mica, Vacuum) Industry Report, 2012-2016

M2 - Wed May 22, 9:41AM CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4znhfx/china_capacity) has announced the addition of the "China Capacity Industry Report, 2012-2016" report to their offering. According to the forecast of this report, till 2016, the demand for capacitors in China will reach 625.7 billion units by 2016. Along with the evolution of electronic information industry and popularization of household appliances, the capacitor, as one of the three passive electronic components (resistor, capacitor and inductor), has witnessed unprecedented development. China has grown into a big capacitor producer worldwide, and its total output climbed up from 477.4 billion units in 2008 to roughly 555.4 billion units in 2011, with a CAGR of 5.2%. The figure is expected to reach 571.5 billion units in 2012. According to the 12th Five-Year Plan Period (2011-2015) of capacitor industry, the development priorities mainly involve capacitor for new energies, power type inverter capacitor, power type frequency conversi (full story)

KEMET Launches New Line of Industrial Grade Safety Disc Capacitors

PR Newswire - Tue May 21, 3:05PM CDT

KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced the release of the new Radial Through Hole Ceramic Safety Disc Capacitors. (full story)

KEMET to Present at 2013 KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial, Automotive and Transportation Conference

PR Newswire - Tue May 21, 7:30AM CDT

KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, multilayer ceramic, solid aluminum, plastic film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced that it will be presenting at the 2013 KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial, Automotive and Transportation Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2013 at 11:00 AM EDT. (full story)

KEMET Names Mouser Electronics High Service Distributor of the Year

Business Wire - Mon May 20, 3:34PM CDT

Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, has won High Service Distributor of the Year from KEMET. The prestigious award was presented to Mouser during the Electronic Distribution Show in Las Vegas. KEMET also presented TTI with the Distributor of the Year Award for 2013 making it a CLEAN SWEEP for the TTI/Mouser Team. Also announced at the show, KEMET is honoring Jim Bruorton by naming the Distributor of the Year Award the "Jim Bruorton Distributor of the Year Award" for his many years of service and his many contributions. (full story)

KEMET Introduces First-to-Market High Temperature Multilayer Stacked Capacitors with an X8L Dielectric for Commercial & Automotive Applications

PR Newswire - Wed May 15, 3:05PM CDT

KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today introduced its new KEMET Power Solutions High Temperature (KPS HT) multilayer stacked capacitors. (full story)

KEMET Expands Its High Reliability Hermetic Seal Product Line

PR Newswire - Tue May 14, 7:30AM CDT

KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced the expansion of its High Reliability Hermetic Seal product line to include the high temperature solder option. This option indicates an internal construction solder with a minimum melting point of +221 degrees Celsius. To simplify the ordering process and provide absolute identification, KEMET has assigned new series for this product including, T215 High Temperature Solder Series, T225 High Temperature Solder Series, T245 High Temperature Solder Series and T255 High Temperature Solder Series. (full story)

Market Maker Surveillance Report. SBLK, BTN, KEM, CIMT, BKS, REFR, Losing Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Monday, May 13th 2013

M2 - Tue May 14, 2:34AM CDT

BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Monday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Monday there were 3821 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2236 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3065 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage loss per share Monday and low price friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. Star Bulk Carriers Corp (NASDAQ:SBLK), Ballantyne Strong Inc (AMEX:BTN), KEMET Corp (NYSE:KEM), Cimatron Ltd (NASDAQ:CIMT), Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE:BKS), Research Frontiers Inc (NASDAQ:REFR). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all (full story)

KEMET Showcases Latest Electronic Component Solutions at PCIM Europe 2013

PR Newswire - Mon May 13, 3:20PM CDT

KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced its participation at the PCIM Europe 2013 International Exhibition and Conference in Nuremberg, Germany on May 14-16. (full story)

Kemet Down 6.2%, Shares Slide into the Red (KEM)

Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon May 13, 11:38AM CDT

Kemet (AMEX:KEM) is one of today's worst performing low-priced stocks, down 6.2% to $4.51 on 1.2x average daily volume. Thus far today, Kemet has traded 244,000 shares, vs. average volume of 202,000 shares per day. The stock has underperformed the Dow (-6.2% to the Dow's -0.1%) and underperformed the S&P 500 (-6.2% to the S&P's 0.1%) during today's trading. (full story)

Market Maker Surveillance Report. LPSN, GV, WG, PZZI, KEM, MNOV, Losing Stocks With Lowest Price Friction For Thursday, May 9th 2013

M2 - Fri May 10, 3:23AM CDT

BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Thursday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Thursday there were 3945 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2110 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3059 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the largest percentage loss per share Thursday and low price friction (bearish). This means that there was more selling than buying in the stocks and their stock prices dropped faster with less Friction. Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN), Goldfield Corp (AMEX:GV), Willbros Group Inc (NYSE:WG), Pizza Inn Inc (NASDAQ:PZZI), KEMET Corp (NYSE:KEM), MediciNova Inc (NASDAQ:MNOV). To access Friction Factor, Naked Short Data and SqueezeTrigger Prices on all stocks please visit (full story)

NYSE stocks posting largest volume increases

AP - Thu May 09, 5:03PM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A look at the 10 biggest volume gainers on New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading: (full story)

Earnings roundup: TreeHouse Foods, Kemet

By The Associated Press - AP - Thu May 09, 1:55PM CDT

Among the earnings stories for Thursday, May 9, from AP Business News: (full story)

KEMET Announces Changes To Senior Management Team

PR Newswire - Thu May 09, 7:10AM CDT

KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) ("KEMET" or "the Company"), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced changes to its executive management team. (full story)

KEMET Announces Additional Operating Margin Improvement Actions

PR Newswire - Thu May 09, 7:05AM CDT

KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) (the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, announced today a reduction in force which will affect approximately 202 employees in 10 countries, representing 6.75% percent of the Company's salaried workforce and 2% of the global workforce. The Company said it has recorded a charge to earnings related to severance expenses of $1.8 million in the March 31, 2013 quarter financial results reported this morning as a result of this action. The Company will take an additional charge of $2.6 million in the upcoming quarter ending June 30, 2013. (full story)

KEMET Reports Preliminary Financial Information for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013

PR Newswire - Thu May 09, 7:00AM CDT

KEMET Corporation ("KEMET" or the "Company") (NYSE: KEM) today reported preliminary results for the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, before our anticipated loss from our 34% equity interest related to NEC TOKIN. Net sales for fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 were $843.0 million which is a 14.4% decrease over the same period last fiscal year. (full story)

KEMET and NEC TOKIN to Expand Product Offerings and Pursue Joint Developments

PR Newswire - Wed May 08, 3:28PM CDT

KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced that, through its wholly owned subsidiary KEMET Electronics Corporation, it has entered into two agreements with NEC TOKIN: a Development and Cross Licensing Agreement and an Amended and Restated Private Label Agreement. (full story)

Design Analysis for Ericsson's LTE DUL 20 01 Digital Baseband Unit

M2 - Wed May 01, 6:32AM CDT

Research and Markets has announced the addition of EJL Wireless Research's new report "Design Analysis Ericsson LTE DUL 20 01 Digital Baseband Unit" to their offering. This report covers the design analysis of an Ericsson LTE baseband digital unit. This unit is part of the RBS610x/6201/6301/6601 base station platform for Ericsson LTE. The unit was manufactured in Q1 2012. Component and semiconductor suppliers mentioned in this report include: - Analog Devices - Broadcom - Ericsson - ETAL Group - Fairchild Semiconductor - Freescale Semiconductor - Infineon Technologies - Integrated Device Technology - Kemet - Lattice Semiconductor - Maxim Integrated Products - Micron Technology - Nichicon - Nihon Denpa Kogyo - NXP Semiconductors - ON Semiconductor - Panasonic - Pulse Engineering - Rakon - Sanyo Electric - STMicroelectronics - TDK-Epcos - Texas Instruments - Vishay Semiconductors. Features: - Complete Part Number/Marking - Component Manufacturer Identification - Function Component Description - Package T (full story)

NYSE stocks posting largest percentage increases

AP - Tue Apr 30, 12:19PM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A look at the 10 biggest percentage gainers on New York Stock Exchange at 1 p.m.: (full story)

KEMET Announces Date For The March 2013 Quarter And Annual Earnings Release

PR Newswire - Thu Apr 25, 3:05PM CDT

KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM (EDT) on Thursday, May 9, 2013, to discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2013. The call will last approximately one hour. (full story)