Frank Kirmis Joins Pro Spot


Introducing Pro Spot Germany & Frank Kirmis!


Frank Kirmis and Pro Spot Team Up to

Expand Growth and Support to the European Market




Pro Spot announces a new team member to their European division. We are excited to welcome Frank Kirmis as our new Director of Sales and OEM Relationships for Europe and Asia.


In his new role, Frank will help Pro Spot continue to build our relationships with the European automobile manufacturers, develop our European sales strategy and build up our distribution service networks. Frank will help oversee our expanding locations in Europe and Asia including our new location in Germany.

Frank joins Pro Spot with 30 years of experience in our industry, giving him a great concept of approaching the market and those in it. “The technology is here, the knowledge is here, the spirit is here, we now just need to transfer that to Europe,” Frank explained.




Frank Kirmis & Ron Olsson
In addition to our offices in Sweden and Italy, the new location in Germany will help to establish our brand presence with local support for sales, service and product training in a more meaningful way than ever!
“I say this truthfully, I feel like we haven’t started yet- and 33 years have gone by but there are so many opportunities to do so much more. With our passion, our products, our engineering & technology, we will continue to keep inventing and developing new ideas to help this industry continue to thrive,” exclaimed Ron Olsson, President of Pro Spot.






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