As work from industrial clients declines, one Grand Rapids electrical contractor teams up with a Brighton-based solar panel distributor to install large systems in Eastern Michigan and outside the state. Company leaders look to move the operation into a "new economy" to keep the company thriving.
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East has met west in the solar energy equipment business in Michigan, with the western connection being a major electrical contractor in Grand Rapids that sees it as a replacement for some of the shrinking industrial work. Feyen Zylstra LLC, founded in Grand Rapids in 1980, has joined forces with The Green Panel, a solar energy equipment distributor in Brighton that designs solar energy installations and supplies the equipment for companies, universities, state/municipal governments and nonprofit organizations. Feyen Zylstra has already installed some major photovoltaic systems in central and eastern Michigan, working with Green Panel.
Koetje "We are aggressively moving forward in what we'll describe as a new economy," said Nate Koetje, chief operating officer of Feyen Zylstra. In addition to entering into a partnership with Green Panel, some of Feyen Zylstra's 240 employees have been trained and certified by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners.
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