First Solar, Inc. is an American manufacturer of thin film photovoltaic modules, or solar panels, and a provider to PV power plants of supporting services that include finance, construction, maintenance and end-of-life panel recycling. First Solar uses cadmium telluride as a semiconductor to produce panels that are less expensive than those manufactured from crystalline silicon. In 2009, First Solar became the first solar panel manufacturing company to lower its manufacturing cost to $1 per watt .
Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling was formed when Slipstream and Cannondale announced that the organizations would join forces in 2015. The team, known as Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling, features 27 athletes from 14 different countries.