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Rousell Industries Corporation is a Canadian multinational applied-sciences conglomerate based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. As of 2019 the company operates across the following business segments: space & defense, medical sciences, sustainable energy.

History
Rousell Industries was founded in 2018 by Canadian futurist and entrepreneur Nicholas Rousell as a privately held spaceflight research and development company originally called Frontier Space Technologies Corp., in Saskatchewan, Canada.

After struggling with the relatively high costs of operating a solely R&D based business, the company was reorganized and renamed to Rousell Industries Corporation, still primarily focusing on spaceflight but adding now also bidding on publicly-tendered government contracts as a means of generating operating revenue and sustaining the business.

In November 2019 a Sustainable Energy division was launched to offer global photo-voltaic solar project development and installation services.

In January 2020 Rousell Industries announced the launch of the Medical Sciences division to focus on developing innovative solutions to help increase overall global health.

Corporate Affairs
As a privately held company Rousell Industries is not required to disclose any financial information to the public.

The current president and CEO is founder Nicholas Rousell, since 2018.

Business Units
As a conglomerate company, Rousell Industries is separated into several operating business units. Each business unit has a Vice President who handles all operational affairs, while the CEO retains complete control.

Current business units, as of 2020, include:


 * Space & Defense
 * Medical Sciences
 * Clean Energy

Sustainability & Social Responsibility
Rousell Industries operates with CSR and sustainability plans in place. An example of a sustainability initiative is the Brighter Tomorrow program where one tree is planted for every kilowatt of solar installed by the company, around the world.

Education Initiatives
One of the stated goals of the company is the "inspire a generation of optimistic innovators" to create the future and pursue careers in STEM. As such Rousell Industries holds an bi-annual Science & Technology Expo which showcases the latest innovations from the company as well as local industry and which also includes a themed science fair which encourages high school and university students to solve specific problems using their own innovations and offers a cash prize to the winner.