Our upcoming expansion includes a new railway spur line that allows us to receive our raw material in the form of massive paper rolls instead of corrugated sheets. A single delivery of seven rail cars will replace approximately 48 truck loads of sheets, which produces big savings on fuel and carbon emissions.
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A Place to Grow: Employee Story
The Coastal environment encourages employees to produce meaningful work in partnership with their coworkers. We also push our people to continuously grow–both personally and professionally. Check out Team Coordinator Miranda Steffes’ employee growth story.
Introducing the 2022 Sustainability Report
As inhabitants of our community, nation and planet, we understand our responsibility to protect the places we do business and the people who live there. 2022 marks our second year of tracking standardized sustainability metrics, and we're excited to share those...
2021 Sustainability Report
While sustainability has been at the heart of Coastal's business practices since we started this business over 15 years ago, 2021 marks the first year with established, standardized sustainability metrics. We're excited to share with you updates to last year's report...
Coastal Container Announces $25M Holland Expansion, 60+ New Jobs
We are excited to announce a $25M expansion to grow our Holland facility and add on-site corrugating capabilities. This expansion will add 65,000 square feet to our existing facility along with more than 60 jobs in the coming years. “Our family has been in the...
Coastal Container Wins Steelcase Premier Supplier Recognition
Coastal Container’s outstanding performance has won us a Steelcase 2022 Premier Supplier award. Steelcase awards this recognition to suppliers who meet high performance standards in quality, reliability and environmental impact.“We don’t just protect our customers’...
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. Stepping into the role of president at Coastal Automotive is long-time company leader Shaun Sikora. Most recently...
Getting Up to Speed with Amazon’s Industry-Changing Guidelines
In the first three months of 2021 alone, U.S. customers spent $196.7 billion on retail ecommerce sales. As customers continue to spend online, many companies have felt pressure to align with the latest trends in ecommerce. As one of the largest fulfillment...
Sustaining Our Communities
A Broader Understanding of Prosperity 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...