By Peg Quann
Bucks County Courier Times, April 4, 2016
Exact Solar - a business headquartered in Lower Makefield with a warehouse in Newtown Township - was picked by Gov. Tom Wolf to announce his plan Monday to increase the minimum wage. Wolf chose the Bucks County business after learning that Mark Bortman, the firm's founder and president, signed up with Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a national organization of business owners and executives who support raising the minimum wage to at least $12 an hour by 2020. ...
Bortman, who majored in economics and international relations in college, believes raising the minimum wage is good for business, employees and communities. Of his seven employees, one is an intern working for $12 an hour and another is in training and earning $15 an hour.
The University of Pennsylvania graduate became interested in a career in solar technology because of its energy efficiency and energy conservation. ... The firm sells, installs and services a variety of solar-energy equipment for both residential and commercial customers, including water-heating and pool-heating devices as well as photovoltaic cells to generate electricity. Exact Solar has installed and services solar equipment for about 500 customers ...
Exact Solar was named to Solar Power World's list of top solar contractors in North America for 2014 and 2015.
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