Kemet (KEM) 10-K 2005 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
KEMET Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-107411, 333-92963, 33-98912, and 33-93092) on Form S-3; and (333-123308, 333-67849, and 33-96226) on Form S-8, of KEMET Corporation of our reports dated June 14, 2005, with respect to the Consolidated Balance Sheets of KEMET Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related Consolidated Statements of Operations, Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Loss, and Cash Flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2005, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005, which reports appear in the March 31, 2005 annual report on Form 10-K of KEMET Corporation.

/s/ KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP

Greenville, South Carolina

June 14, 2005

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