Growing Companiesfor Lakeland / Sustainability

Sybac Solar is the U.S. subsidiary of Sybac Germany, one of the largest solar integrators in central Germany. Sybac Solar designs and mounts modular PV panels made of silicon, which react directly to sunlight to generate electric current. An inverter changes the DC (direct current) generated by the panels into AC (alternating current). Most systems are roof-mounted, but sometimes systems are installed on open ground away from a building, depending on the needs of the client.

Publix, a privately held company operating stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee, was founded by George W. Jenkins in 1930 in Winter Haven, Florida. It has grown into a Fortune 500 company with more than 1,000 stores, 141,000 employees and 2008 retail sales of $23.9 billion, making it the largest employee-owned supermarket and among the 10 largest-volume supermarkets in the United States.