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’...
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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...
Socially Beneficial and Environmentally Sustainable from Sapling to Your Door
At our customers' requests, we have continued to add options for certification labeling on product orders. Our sustainable practices and high expectations for sustainable supplier partnerships make these certifications a natural choice for Coastal, requiring few...
What Leaders Do
It is difficult to overstate how much the success of our organizations hinge on leadership. Which is why this year our team leaders are participating in a year-long development program designed to help leaders understand the specific tasks a leader does. Leading is...
Sustaining Our People
A Holistic Understanding We believe that work empowers people to grow: physically, psychologically 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...
Why don’t you make boxes from 100% recycled materials?
As our industry continues to innovate and incorporate recycled materials into our products, sustainability-minded consumers might assume that the higher the percentage of recycled material, the better or more sustainable the product. However, it might surprise you to...
Life Cycle of a Box
We make sure that each phase of a container’s production protects our customers and our planet. It’s important to us that our corrugated packaging is an environmentally sound choice: it’s renewable, recyclable, and compostable. Let’s take a closer look at the process....