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News Release from: SDK
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 November 2003
Pair to expand aluminium capacitor
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SDK and Kemet are to expand their joint manufacturing agreement on solid conductive polymer aluminium surface-mount capacitors.
SDK and Kemet Corp are to expand their joint manufacturing agreement on solid conductive polymer aluminium surface-mount capacitors Both companies will continue to market and sell aluminium polymer capacitors to their respective customers and market areas
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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SDK will continue to market under the trade name, SDK-CAP and Kemet under AO-CAP.
No disruptions of service or quality are anticipated, except for the X case size products, which will be temporarily discontinued until mid 2004.
In 1999, KEM and SDK entered into an agreement that consisted of KEM licensing SDK polymer aluminium technology.
This agreement involved KEM producing aluminium capacitors using SDK's technology for the front-end of the process (rack, formation etc to mould encapsulation).
SDK also entered into the manufacturing arena by producing products through its own front-end process.
Kemet used its own back-end process (assembly, testing etc to packaging) and completed the manufacturing for both companies.
After an extensive re-evaluation of today's market requirements, the decision was made to eliminate duplication by combining the manufacturing processes to reduce the total manufacturing cost and allow both companies to build on synergies of their individual strengths.
As part of the above agreement, SDK has decided to build a second production line at its site in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture.
The new line, with capacity to produce 8 million capacitors a month, will start operation in July 2004.
SDK is currently producing solid aluminium capacitors at its production line in Omachi, Nagano Prefecture.
The PC market, the major market for the solid aluminium capacitors, is expected to grow at a yearly average of 10% until 2006.
For notebook-size PCs in particular, there is a strong demand for high-capacitance low-ESR solid capacitors with low operating voltages.
As SDK-CAP and AO-CAP meet these requirements, their consumption is expected to increase rapidly.
In the medium-term consolidated business plan the "Sprout Project" that started this year, SDK is placing special emphasis on the electronics market.
As part of this strategy, SDK will continue to provide high-performance solid aluminium capacitors for use in PCs, communication equipment and household electric appliances.
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