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| Formerly | Waasan Vanne |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Founded | 1934; 91 years ago (1934) |
| Headquarters | , Finland |
Key people | West Johnny Klas-Erik (CEO) |
| Revenue |  €3,068,000 (2020) |
| €222,000 (2020) | |
| Owner | Leif Sandqvist (from 2002) |
| Website | procons |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
Procons Oy Ab is a Finnish company specialized insheet metalroll forming andsubcontracting. Main business areas include sliding door profiles, bike mudguards and stays, profiles for theelectrical and mining industries as well as sheet metal products. The company was founded in 1934 and is located inMalax, Finland.[2]
The company that would become ProconsOyAb wasWaasan Vanne, founded in 1934 in Vikby, Finland. It developed and manufactured bicycle mudguards, luggage carriers and rims.[3] In the 1990s, the company shifted its focus to the production of metal profiled products and built automated profiling production lines for thin sheet metal.[4] In 2002, Leif Sandqvist, a former regional executive atBosch, bought Waasan Vanne. He relocated the company to nearby Malax, his hometown, the next year[5] and, in 2011, reincorporated it asProcons Oy Ab.[1]
Procons is one of Europe's largest manufacturers of bicyclefenders andstays[5] with a production of about 750,000 fenders per year. The product range consists of various models and brands that are produced mainly from 0.5 mm sheet metal in a fully automated line.[citation needed]
The company acts as a subcontractor providingroll-form manufacturing of various profiles forheavy industry clients.[6] It also develops and manufactures components for the assembly ofsliding doors.[5] Other business areas include eccentric pressing,welding, and assembly.[6]