Handyman Insurance, Power Builder First Solar Shines Bright
First Solar Inc. is lighting up the renewable energy market. The Tempe, Ariz.-based company recorded $3.4 billion in net sales in 2012, up $600 million from the prior year. The 14-year-old, 5,600-employee photovoltaic (PV) solar firm is uniquely diversified, doing everything from development, manufacturing and engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) to maintenance, operation and financing.