KEMET Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures tantalum, multilayer ceramic, film, electrolytic, paper, and solid aluminum capacitors. It supplies its products to electronics original equipment manufacturers, electronics manufacturing services providers, and electronics distributors. The company’s products are used in audio systems, power train electronics, instrumentation, airbag systems, anti-lock braking systems, electronic engine controls, air conditioning controls, and security systems in automotive industry; and copiers, point-of-sale terminals, and fax machines in business equipment industry. Its products are also used in cellular phones, telephones, switching equipment, relays, base stations, and wireless infrastructure in communications industry; and personal computers, workstations, mainframes, computer peripheral equipment, power supplies, disk drives, printers, and local area networks in computer-related industry. In addition, the company offers its products for use in electronic controls, measurement equipment, instrumentation, and medical electronics to industrial market; DVD players, MP3 players, and game consoles to consumer industry; and avionics, radar, guidance systems, and satellite communications to military/aerospace industry. It also sells its products to electronic manufacturing service providers. KEMET Corporation was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Simpsonville, South Carolina.