Tuffco: a catalogue website for fire safety equipment

Tuffco, located in the Sidi Salem industrial zone in Sfax (Gabès road, km 3.5), sells and distributes fire safety and personal protective equipment: dry powder, CO2, water spray and foam extinguishers, fire hose reels (RIA), couplings, hydrants and hoses, safety showers and eyewash stations, safety shoes and gloves, as well as raw materials (extinguishing powders and foam concentrates). The company describes itself as a leader in the sale and distribution of fire safety equipment in Tunisia, and as an authorised distributor of the POK brand in Tunisia, whose range the site presents as designed for strategic buildings, tunnels and airports. It also sells fire hose reels under its own brand.

Tuffco sells a broad, technical range: extinguishers come with several extinguishing agents and in several capacities, fire hose reels come from several brands, and couplings come in several types. Buyers need to reach the right reference quickly, browse a whole family and ask for a price. Because this equipment is sold on quotation, the site had to organise the whole range into clear families, work as well on a phone as on a computer, and make every product sheet the starting point of a quote request.

We designed and built Tuffco’s catalogue website on PrestaShop:

• a catalogue of 8 families and 22 subfamilies (extinguishers by agent, fire hose reels by brand — POK, TUFFCO, Top Fire —, couplings, personal protection, safety showers and eyewash stations, hydrants and hoses, raw materials, the POK range), browsable from the “Categories” menu and the category tree on catalogue pages, with a page for every family;
• quote requests: every product sheet carries a “Request a quote” button (“Demander un devis”), with no prices displayed;
• search by keyword, filterable by category, at the top of every page;
• a home page that showcases the ranges: a slider, one block per family, an “Extinguishers and RIA” selection, the POK authorised-distributor banner and product visuals with hotspots presenting accessories and spare parts;
• a customer area with account, wish list and newsletter sign-up;
• “About us” and “Contact” pages, with address, phone, email and opening hours in the footer of every page;
• the mobile version, with a fixed navigation bar at the bottom of the screen.