AVX Corporation is one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of electronic components in the world. It offers capacitors, connectors and circuit protection products. The corporation provides a variety of couplers, filters and inductors. AVX Corporation also offers various integrated passive components and module devices. It provides piezoelectric acoustic generators and resistive and military products. The corporation offers several timing devices, such as clock oscillators, quartz crystals, resonators and crystal applied products. AVX Corporation maintains a network of distributors throughout the world. The corporation has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification. It operates a wholly owned subsidiary, American Technical Ceramics Corporation, which designs, develops, manufactures and markets multilayer and single-layer capacitors. AVX Corporation maintains more than 15 manufacturing facilities in over 10 countries. The corporation serves the automotive, consumer, military, communication, industrial and medical sectors. It is a part of Kyocera Corporation.