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[September 2003]
KEMET Announces Partnership With Lamina Ceramics
KEMET Corporation (Greenville, SC, USA) announced on 29 August 2003 that it had purchased an equity position in Lamina Ceramics Inc (Westampton, NJ, USA). Additionally it has entered into a business agreement with Lamina Ceramics to develop and commercialise high performance, low temperature co-fired ceramic-on-metal (LTCC-M) solutions for advanced electronic systems.
Commenting on the investment, Dr Jeffrey Graves, KEMET's President and CEO, stated: "The equity position in Lamina Ceramics is another important ste in KEMET's strategy to be on the leading edge of emerging technologies. The LTCC-M technology will allow KEMET to broaden its high performance capacitance solutions to support our customers' ever-increasing technical requirements".
Lamina Ceramics is a manufacturer of multi-layer ceramic electronic packages, boards and components, using proprietary low temperature, co-fired ceramic on-metal technology. Applications include RF/microwave assemblies, opto-electronic packages, solid state light engines and packages and automotive circuits.
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