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Exhibit 23
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT
The Board of Directors
KEMET Corporation:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(No. 33-60092) on Form S-8 of KEMET Corporation of our report dated August 18,
2000 relating to the statements of net assets available for benefits of the
KEMET Employees' Savings Plan at March 30, 2000 and March 31, 1999, and the
related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the
years then ended, as well as the related financial statement schedule, which
report appears in the March 30, 2000 annual report on Form 11-K of the KEMET
Employees Savings Plan.
Greenville, South Carolina
September 26, 2000
