AVX Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of electronic components. The corporation's motto is total satisfaction of consumer needs through continuous improvement. The corporation produces passive electronic components. The head office is located in South Carolina, but the main part of the assets belongs to the Japanese giant of the electronics industry, the Kyosera Corporation. AVX Corporation's product range includes ceramic and tantalum capacitors, film capacitors, varistors and nonlinear resistors. (Capacitors periodically accumulate electrical energy and are necessary components of the architecture of electrical and electronic circuits that filter and process electronic signals.) The corporation serves the automotive, medical, telecommunications markets, as well as the consumer goods and data processing markets.