As members of our communities, nation, and planet, Coastal Automotive accepts our responsibility to protect the places we do business and to enhance the lives of all the people who partner with our company. Starting in 2021, we committed to publishing yearly...
Director of Operations Toby Curry is inspiring the next generation of project managers with a unique job shadowing experience that provides an in-depth look into the automation industry.
Coastal Group welcomes Wendi Rudholm to the team as human resources director for both the Coastal Automotive and Coastal Container. Wendi brings over 28 years of people-management experience to the business and will support Coastal as it navigates rapid growth over...
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...
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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QC4QOVUKMo 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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
West Michigan-based Coastal Group announced today executive leadership team changes for itself and one of its Holland-based companies, Coastal Automotive.