Simone Christie

AVX Corporation

KYOCERA AVX is a leading international manufacturer and supplier of a vast portfolio of advanced electronic components, including: capacitors, inductors, filters, resistors, couplers, diodes, and circuit protection devices, as well as a broad range of innovative sensor, control, interconnect and antenna solutions. With 33 research, design, manufacturing, and customer support facilities in 16 countries around the world, KYOCERA AVX offers significant competitive advantages, including delivery and production capabilities optimized to suit each individual customer's just-in-time inventory requirements, and global engineering teams experienced in developing new-to-market product solutions especially designed to fulfill customer's unique application requirements. KYOCERA AVX has successfully served the automotive, industrial, medical, military, consumer electronics, communications, and transportation markets for nearly 50 years. In the automotive sector, KYOCERA AVX actively contributes to the development of new safety, engine control, infotainment, and chassis control technologies. In the medical sector, advanced KYOCERA AVX products provide critical support for a wide range of implantable, life-supporting, treatment, imaging, and diagnostic devices, including pacemakers that regulate patients' heartbeats, cochlear implants that provide audio input for the hearing-impaired, and diagnostic equipment that helps medical professionals identify and cure patients' ailments. In the communications sector, our accomplished research and development (R&D) teams regularly anticipate needs and adapt and innovate products to support the explosive growth of next-generation technologies spanning smartphones and tablets to networks and datacenters. KYOCERA AVX is committed to consistently exceeding customer expectations, and continuously satisfies that goal through the successful implementation of the company's corporate mission and vision statements.