Expeditors <3. vía @FirstSolar

Expeditors <3. vía @FirstSolar

Part 10 in a series: First Solar spends more than $1 billion annually with over 1,000 U.S. suppliers across 35 states. In this ongoing series, we will explore the inspiring stories of companies growing in partnership with us. What do Walmart, Apple, and First Solar have in common? As companies that manufacture and source equipment and materials inside the United States as well as locations around the world, they must deal with the gauntlet of customs rules and regulations in each port of call, and keep track of their freight as it ships through the export-import sequence. These high-profile firms share something else in common. Rather than deal with the complexities and headaches involved with customs compliance and international logistics on their own, they partner with Fortune 500 problem-solver Expeditors to help them along the way. With business picking up in markets a...

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