"Welcome to the First Edition of Currents"  
    By Paul Frank, President

Our products have been involved in saving thousands of lives. This is no accident as we strive to fulfill our mission statement: “We will build quality products knowing that they are used to save lives.” Yours may have been one of them. Some of the recipients of this newsletter are people whose lives were saved after using our products.  more

Product News: HydroFix™

Breaking News!  ACR made a significant advancement in the safety, reliability and affordability of Category 1 EPIRBs with the introduction of the new ACR HydroFix™ Hydrostatic Release Unit (HRU).  The first ever HRU that is 100% factory tested and requires no cutting blades or pyrotechnics. more

Survivor Story: Rented AquaFix™ PLB Aids French Journalist in Distress

Journalist Daniel GrandClément was rescued recently off the coast of Yemen thanks to a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), an ACR AquaFix™ rented at oscoOr.com. On October 19, 2006, GrandClément was covering the migration of refugees from the shores of Somalia to the neighboring Yemen for the well-known French TV show “Thalassa.” more

Featured Employee: Josef Menashe, Quality Director

ACR is obsessive about Quality. Our Quality policy states "ACR builds products knowing they are used to save lives." Recently, Rachel Rosas, ACR's Director of Finance, sat down with Josef Menashe, ACR Quality Director, to get his take on what Quality means at ACR.   more

Inside ACR: What is Conformal Coating?

ACR prides itself on building products that not only meet the specifications, but more importantly, that will work when needed. Building products that meet consumer expectations and that work when needed often times requires incorporating production techniques that are not required, may be expensive, but make a lot of sense. Conformal Coating is one such technique. It may very well be the reason why your Firefly^®₃ Strobe Light, GlobalFix™ 406 MHz EPIRB or RCL-100D Search Light works when all else has failed…  more