The American company KEMET Corp was officially formed in 1990. Before that, since 1919, it was a branch of the Union Carbide Corporation. Specialization-production of a wide range of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film and paper capacitors. The company's products have found application in computers, automobiles, medical, military and aerospace equipment. The proof of the exceptional reliability of the company's products is the use of its capacitors on Vikings, Apollo, ISS and other spacecraft.