Scott Nichol

Founder and Chairman

After graduation from McMaster University, Scott Nichol started a secondary aluminum smelter to recycle scrap aluminum.  Scott then joined Cymat where he developed and scaled up a new process for manufacturing aluminum foam, and was a member of the management team that took the company public on the TSX.  Scott then founded 6N Silicon which developed a new process for purifying silicon for use in Solar Cells.  6N Silicon was sold to Calisolar in 2010.  Scott then was the COO for Jaco, a Chinese solar company, before starting Polar in 2013.