Advocating for Our Industry—Addressing the Big Policy Issues
Late last month, CFO Mark McConnell and I had the opportunity to join fellow automotive industry leaders and advocates with MEMA (Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association) at the Advocacy Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C. There we met directly with...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 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)...
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...
Coastal Automotive achieves perfect IATF audit score
Coastal Automotive creates products that ensure safety and ultimately save lives, which means we need systems and regulations in place to ensure we run efficiently and meet the high standards our customers have come to expect. There is no better confirmation of our...
Coastal Automotive Partners with University of Michigan Solar Car Team
It’s not everyday that we get the opportunity to create a product that would help a vehicle complete a 1,877 mile trip across the Australian outback, run solely by power from the sun. That was the task at hand when we partnered with Chae Woo Lim, engineering director...