AVX Invites Manufacturing Marvels(R) Viewers to Virtually Tour its Biddeford, Maine Facility

FOUNTAIN INN, S.C., May 5, 2016 -- AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, will be showcased on May 9th in a Manufacturing Marvels® production, which airs on the Fox Business Network®. AVX's two-minute spotlight will air between 8:30 – 8:44 EDT, and will provide viewers with a behind-the-scenes look at the company's Biddeford, Maine, manufacturing facility, which is the leading global supplier of tantalum capacitors for medical devices, like pacemakers.

"We are thrilled to provide Manufacturing Marvels viewers with information about the cutting-edge electronic component solutions AVX develops to enable the technology they engage with and rely on in nearly every facet of their lives," said Pete Venuto, senior vice president of sales at AVX. "We're extremely proud of our facilities, personnel, and products, and are pleased to provide the Fox Business Network audience with a behind-the-scenes tour of who we are and what we do."

Produced by award-winning Marvel Production Group producers Bob and Jerry May, and narrated by CBS and ABC news veteran John Criswell, Manufacturing Marvels showcases American manufacturers and their products, processes, and customers in a promotional HD broadcast.

A video of the broadcast will be available on the AVX website, as well as on AVX's social media channels, including: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

For more information about AVX, please visit www.avx.com, call 864-967-2150, or write to One AVX Boulevard, Fountain Inn, S.C. 29644. For more information about Manufacturing Marvels and Marvel Productions, please visit http://manufacturingmarvels.com/home/.

About AVX
AVX Corporation is a leading international supplier of electronic passive components and interconnect solutions with 20 manufacturing and warehouse facilities in 11 countries around the world. AVX offers a broad range of devices including capacitors, resistors, filters, timing and circuit protection devices, and connectors. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:AVX).

A member of the Kyocera Group since 1990, AVX is also the only company authorized to supply Kyocera Electronic Devices to the Americas and Europe. Established in 1959 and based in Kyoto, Japan, Kyocera Electronic Devices is a leading international supplier of connectors, capacitors, ceramic resonators, surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters and duplexers, and crystal oscillators and timing devices. ###

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