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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)...
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...
Coastal Grabs 5th Consecutive GM Supplier Quality Excellence Award
Excellence You Can Count On For the 5th year in a row, Coastal Automotive has received the General Motors 2020 Supplier Quality Excellence Award. We’re proud to continue to provide excellent quality and safety to our partners and ultimately those on the road. “With...