Coastal Automotive Hires Dave Hinman
Coastal Automotive welcomes Dave Hinman to our team as he joins the company as Director of Advanced Engineering. Dave brings decades of expertise in the industry and will be supporting the company’s growth and diversification initiatives through the innovation of new...
Biomimicry: How Human Bones & Banana Peels Inspire Advanced Composite Foam Structures for Impact Absorption
While scientists have studied ways to maximize automotive safety for over a century, nature has been developing and evolving complex bio-structures that are highly efficient at absorbing impact energy and protecting lifeforms for millions of years. Some of the more...Harnessing Nature’s Safety Measures with Biomimicry
Automotive companies are constantly searching for ways to increase passenger safety in the event of a crash. It’s their top priority. In this search, Tony McConnell, Coastal Automotive’s lead material scientist, has turned to nature for help. McConnell says,...
Banana Peels & Human Bones: A Preview of Coastal Automotive’s Foam Expo Presentation
While scientists have studied ways to maximize automotive safety for over a century, nature has been developing efficient structures to protect life for billions of years. In Tony McConnell’s upcoming presentation at Foam Expo North America, we’ll look at a few...
Coastal Engineer Tony McConnell to Speak at Foam Expo North America 2022
Tony McConnell, who serves as materials scientist and leads product innovation for Coastal Automotive, identifies and develops new business opportunities that build on our core expertise in passive energy management solutions for the transportation and automotive...
Sustaining Our Communities
In business terms, prosperity is often measured as profit. But profit is not the purpose of our business—rather it is how we fund our future and make our business sustainable for all stakeholders. With profit we acknowledge the investment of our owners, we bring the...
Coastal Automotive 3D Printing Tourniquets for Ukraine
This month Coastal Automotive began printing tourniquet clips on their 3D printer to aid the injured in Ukraine as part of Project DIAMOnD. Started in 2020, Automation Alley’s Project DIAMOnD (which stands for Distributed, Independent, Agile Manufacturing on Demand)...
Environmental Impact
Since our founding, Coastal Automotive has made sustainable and responsible practices an integral part of how we run our business. We’re excited to continue that commitment by regularly assessing our environmental impact year-over-year. Starting in 2022, Coastal...
Coastal Group Announces Executive Leadership Team Changes
West Michigan-based Coastal Group announced today executive leadership team changes for itself and one of its Holland-based companies, Coastal Automotive.