Coastal Container Announces Two New Hires At Expanded Facility Holland, Michigan based Coastal Container announced two new hires as the company prepares to open its ex- panded facility later this year. Troy Howard has joined the team as a plant manager in its container and honeycomb divisions. Howard brings over 37 years of corrugated packaging experience, including working as the operations manager at Hood Container Corporation and as plant superintendent and process improvement cham- pion at Timbar Packaging & Display. “The growth that this company will see over the next year and beyond is incredible and I’m looking forward to being a part of it,” Howard said. Troy Howard
and communication. “I am excited to help build a growing independent cor- rugated container business,” said Staal. “So many of our peers have been swallowed up by the large integrated manufacturers that it creates a great opportunity for a lo- cally owned business to distinguish itself.” Coastal Container plans on hiring more employees in the next few months as they complete their $25 million expansion with more than 60 jobs in coming years. To support these expanded capabilities, they will also add dozens of new production and salaried positions. Partnering in the expansion, West Michigan Works and Grand Rapids Community College will provide on-the-job training and education for new team members in addition to training from the equipment supplier. The expansion, which will add 65,000 square feet as well as a new railway spur line to the Holland location, will allow for on-site corrugating capabilities which will bolster the company's resilience to supply chain disruptions and help put them in control of their own supply of materials. The majority of their expansion funds will be invested in a 110" Fosber corrugator and new honeycomb equipment from GTW with the remaining funds earmarked for building and railroad construction. The construction of a new rail spur will allow the com- pany to receive its raw material in the form of rolls instead of corrugated sheets. A single delivery of seven rail cars will replace approximately 48 truck loads of sheets.
Also new to the team is Thomas Staal, who has joined as the Director of Management Systems. Staal brings more than 33 years of experience in supervisory and quality systems roles. He has also served on several Technical Asso-
Thomas Staal
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