ACR Artex – a company that sells survival products worldwide since 1950s uses Spree Commerce
Building survival products since 1956
SPREE SUCCESS STORY
ACR / Artex (ACR Electronics, Inc.) is the leading development center for emergency beacons that are designed with one purpose in mind: Saving Lives.
ARTEX designs and manufactures a wide array of Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) for general, business, commercial and military aviation applications, as well as battery packs and ELT accessories. ARTEX is global business, with customers ranging from private pilots to the world’s largest airframe manufacturers, airlines and governments.
Recognized as the world’s leader in safety and survival technologies, ACR has provided safety equipment to the marine, outdoor and aviation industries as well as to various worldwide government agencies since the late 1950’s.
ACR Ecommerce website
Challenges:
- Checkout flow with FedEx and TaxCloud integration – Display multiple Shipping Method
Solution: If user selects two products and they have different shipping methods, two shipping methods will be displayed. - Faster response while loading PDF, video and images
Solution: CloudFront implementation – faster than S3 bucket. - Google Maps customization
Solution: Detailed information with location description when users hover on a particular location. - Remote database connection for Beacon self test with SMS
Solution: Connecting two remote databases from remote host and displayed data. In 406-link and 406-test section.
ACR and Spree Commerce
Core Features:
- User role with Login Permission (Admin, User & Dealer roles)
- Remote Database connection (for 406 link and 406 test products)
- Rich content – News & Stories
- Interactive Dealer Locator with Google Maps
- Multiple Language support
- Social media sharing option
Tech Stack:
- Spree Commerce
- Ruby on Rails
- React JS
- JavaScript / CSS
- HTML
- CloudFront
- TaxCloud
- FedEx API’s
- React
- Redux
Integrations:
Conclusions:
SPREE SUCCESS STORY
ACR Electronics, Inc. designs and manufactures safety products. The Company offers rescue beacons and survival gear for boaters, pilots, hunters, hikers, and combat troops. ACR Electronics serves boat builders and aircraft manufacturing industries worldwide. The company uses Spree Commerce, for its e-commerce platform that supports international sales.
