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.
Recycling IMPAXX™ Material
In providing the safest and most reliable energy management and impact solutions for the automotive industry, we make sure that any scrap materials from our manufacturing process are recycled in an environmentally sound manner. The vast majority of our energy and...
Sustaining Our People
We believe that work empowers people to grow: intellectually, physically, emotionally and socially. As people satisfy their need to grow, the organization where they work grows too. And the more an organization provides meaningful work, the more people will grow....
Introducing the Sustainability Report
As members of our communities, nation, and planet, we accept our responsibility to protect the places we do business and to enhance the lives of all the people who partner with our company. To help us continue to improve and hold ourselves accountable to our...
Coastal Automotive CEO Urges Action at Senator Gary Peters’ Congressional Hearing
On December 7, Coastal Automotive CEO Paul Doyle spoke to the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports in Washington, D.C., about the impacts of shipping supply chains on businesses. Mr. Doyle testified as one of four guest witnesses...
Improved Safety at 230mph
This Sunday as you tune into the 105th Indianapolis 500 and watch 33 drivers complete the 500 mile race, pay attention to the entrance to pit row. On the end of the concrete barrier you’ll find what’s called an attenuator—a foam piece designed by Coastal Automotive to...
Coastal Automotive certified to produce PPE through Project DIAMOnD
Coastal Automotive is excited to announce our participation in Project DIAMOnD, which aims to provide local manufacturers with the means to produce emergency PPE in-house on an as-needed basis.
As part of our participation in the program, Coastal Automotive has received a Markforged Mark Two composite 3D printer with FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication) and CFF (Continuous Fiber Fabrication) capabilities. During production, this will allow us to increase the strength of the plastic components we produce to a level comparable to aluminum.