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- First Solar, Inc. First Solar, Inc. (FSLR.SW) manufactures and sells cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules; provides operations and maintenance (O&M) services; offers engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for solar power projects; and delivers end-of-life module recycling at its facilities. The company operates manufacturing plants in the United States (Ohio, Alabama, Louisiana), Malaysia, Vietnam, and India, with headquarters in Tempe, Arizona, where it was founded in 1999. First Solar, Inc. serves utility-scale, commercial and industrial (C&I), distributed generation (DG), ground-mount, carport/canopy, and floating solar systems across the United States, India, Chile, France, and other international markets, emphasizing low-carbon, high-performance modules with superior degradation rates, temperature coefficients, and shading response. In recent developments, First Solar, Inc. acquired Swedish perovskite specialist Evolar AB in 2023 for up to $80 million to accelerate tandem PV technology development; sold $857 million in 2024 advanced manufacturing tax credits in early 2025 to bolster its balance sheet amid U.S. capacity expansions; reported record Q3 2025 net sales of $1.6 billion and 5.3 GW module volume sold; and continues investments exceeding $3 billion to reach over 10 GW of U.S. manufacturing capacity targeted by 2025, including new facilities in Ohio and Tamil Nadu, India.