Solar FlexRack
Solar FlexRack (SFR), a division of Northern States Metals, is an integrated solar company that offers custom-designed, fixed tilt ground mount and single-axis solar tracker systems in the commercial and utility scale, solar mounting industry. Solar FlexRack also offers full turnkey packages, including engineering, geotechnical, pullout testing, field, layout, and installation services. We address the actual site conditions of an installation, providing a full scope of services from design to delivery and installation. Solar FlexRack has completed more than 1.8 GW of solar racking installations in 40 states across America and five countries globally.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Solar Energy
- Market Focus:
- Nationally (across the country)
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us:
In 2009 we decided that we needed to change the way people looked at solar mounting systems. Our team of engineers took the challenge and created the Solar FlexRack, a unique, pre-assembled unfolding racking design that drastically reduces labor and installation costs in the field.
Today, we offer a wide range of custom assembled and unassembled utility and commercial ground mounts, as well as single-axis tracking systems. In fact, our large-scale commercial and utility projects are the cornerstone of our business. We innovate our products to your specifications, from geotechnical design to quick assembly and maintenance. Our FlexRack system adapts to any panel configuration, and our Certified Installer program guarantees that we stay on target to meet your solar needs.
History
Our parent company, Northern States Metals, opened for business in 1972. It began developing aluminum-extruded industrial products and served various industries, including medical, military, and automotive. In 1997 the company diversified and began to manufacture frames for solar panels, which led to the development of aluminum solar mounting clamps in 2008. We didn’t stop there, and in 2009, the Solar FlexRack was born. Keeping with our innovative spirit, in 2011, we acquired the Opel technology for a single axis tracker and completely redesigned it to achieve a lower overall balance of system cost.
From then we decided that we wanted to become the trusted advisor for all geotech reporting, push/pull testing, and field services as well as mounting systems, so we hired several key team members that were the best in the industry in 2012. We have only grown since then and are now one of the leading engineering services and solar mounting companies in North America. In 2014 we came out with our X Series racking system which has lowered the overall project costs by leaps and bounds. We are proud to announce that we are quickly approaching 1GW of solar installations in North America and are expanding operations internationally.