page_title: Kemet International Limited
section_title: Research and development
hierarchical_section_title: Kemet International Limited / Research and development
caption_attribution_description: English: Research and Development at Kemet International
context_page_description: Kemet International Limited, based in Maidstone, Kent UK, is involved with precision lapping and polishing technology using diamond media, composite lapping plates and precision lapping and polishing machines to produce polished finishes with close tolerances. In 1998 Kemet was Britain's largest supplier and manufacturer of diamond compounds and slurries.
  Kemet has four divisions covering flat lapping and polishing, Tool and Die, Metallographic and Petrographic specimen preparation and Ultrasonic cleaning with aqueous media.
context_section_description: Kemet has set up dedicated research and development facilities in the UK to optimise customers’ processes for lapping and polishing application and to develop new products.
  Recently new process developments facilities have been opened covering metallographic and petrographic sample preparation and ultrasonic cleaning with aqueous- based media.
  In 2013 new R&D facilities were built in Singapore to cover high precision lapping and polishing process development for the electronics industry in SE Asia and China
caption: Research and development at Kemet Far East
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