EXECUTIVE VISION
From left to right: Art Ewing, Pro Spot marketing consultant, Ron Olsson and Russell Duncan, Pro Spot’s director of sales and marketing for Canada.
Ron Olsson, founder and president of Pro Spot International.
From the Pro Spot archives: Olsson tests a new tool on a Lexus back panel.
CR: Could you talk a little bit about Pro Spot’s current products? What’s a key feature the industry should be aware of? Pro Spot has several training centres around the world, including one at its Carlsbad, California headquarters.
Olsson loads an older model of Pro Spots, the PR-10 welder for delivery. 70 COLLISION REPAIR COLLISIONREPAIRMAG.COM
RO: My mission with Pro Spot has always been to continue to update our tools and welders. Our tools have changed a lot since our first endeavours in the late ’80s. Our latest welders feature built-in computers and Wi-Fi capabilities, and they use a process we call Auto-Weld. These spot welders can analyze and detect metal thickness—what type of metals we’re working with, how strong the metals are—before applying any energy. The technician doesn’t have to apply any settings, it’s all done automatically. There are also frequent updates to the welders, the same way you receive updates on your phone. We simply send out the update, the technician processes the update and receives all the new information straight away.
