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                                                              EXHIBIT 99.1
For Immediate Release
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                 KEMET NAMES NEW PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
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GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA (June 23, 1999) - KEMET Corporation today announced
that Charles M. Culbertson II has been named President and Chief Operating
Officer of the Company.


Mr. Culbertson, a 1971 graduate of Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical
Engineering, joined Union Carbide (KEMET's former parent company) in 1980 and
held various positions of increasing responsibility in tantalum and ceramic
process engineering and manufacturing between 1980 and 1989.  He was named
Plant Manager for KEMET's tantalum surface-mount capacitor manufacturing plant
in Mauldin, South Carolina, in September 1989; Vice President for Tantalum
Surface-Mount Capacitors in January 1995; and Vice President/General Manager
of Tantalum Capacitors in January 1996.  Since November 1997, Mr. Culbertson
has served as Senior Vice President/General Manager for KEMET's Tantalum
Business Unit.

Mr. Culbertson is active in both professional and community organizations,
including the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; the American
Manufacturing Association; the Chambers of Commerce for Simpsonville, Mauldin,
and Greenville; and the Business/Education Partnership Program in both
Greenville and Laurens Counties.  He also served as Chairman and Member of the
Laurens County School Board for eight years.  Mr. Culbertson and his wife, the
former Dianne Tucker, have two sons: Chad, a graduate of the University of
Tennessee, and Tucker, who graduated from Princeton University in May.  The
family attends Simpsonville United Methodist Church.

"In his many years of service at KEMET, Charles Culbertson has been a major
contributor, both individually and as a vital member of our management team,
in strengthening our position as the leading manufacturer of tantalum
capacitors in the world," said CEO and Chairman David E. Maguire.  "We expect
his leadership to play an important role in helping to ensure our continuing
success."

KEMET Corporation, headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, is the largest
manufacturer of solid tantalum capacitors in the world and the second largest
manufacturer of multilayer ceramic capacitors in the United States.  KEMET's
common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market under the
symbol KMET.  Company information is available via the internet at
http://www.kemet.com).

Contact:  Mr. Glenn H. Spears
          Senior Vice President and Secretary
          (864)963-6674