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Tropical Storm Debby Closure

Coastal Insturments will be closed Thursday August 8, 2024. Keeping our employees safe from traveling to work is our main concern with all the rain and flooding that is expected. We plan to be open on Friday August9, 2024.

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SVC TechCon 2023

Coastal Instruments will be attending the 66th annual Society of Vacuum Coaters Technology Exhibit to be held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, May 9-10, 2023. If you are attending please stop by our Booth #102.

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ISO 17025 Accreditation Renewal

Congratulations to the Coastal team for the recent successful completion of the biennial audit of our quality systems by A2LA (American Association of Laboratory Accreditors). This extensive on-site audit was conducted to assure our continued adherence to the stringent…

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ISO 17025 Audit Completed

Congratulations to the entire Coastal Instruments team for the successful completion of the Biennial Audit by A2LA (The American Association of Laboratory Accreditation) to the stringent requirements of ISO/IEC 17025-2017 and ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994. This audit covers all…

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Storm Aftermath

After the storm passed through here last night we are without power this morning. We hope to be back in operation as soon as we have power restored. In the meantime our phone systems are down as well so please be patient if you are trying to contact us today. We will post the…

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Corona Virus update on Operations

In light of ever tightening restrictions on businesses due to the Corona Virus we feel that we should make it clear to our customers that we take our role in keeping their operations running very seriously. Many of our customers are on the forefront of efforts to develop…

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Ebay Sale of Overstock devices

We have recently acquired a large inventory of unused, still in the original box, mass flow controllers that will only be listed on our Ebay store.. These devices will be sold in “as is” condition with no warranty since we are not testing them in anyway before the sale, but…

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Hurricane Schedule Update

In anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian our office will be closed Thursday and Friday, 9/5-6. During the shutdown period it is likely that the power and internet will be out and the phone systems, including cell service, will not be operating. We plan to resume…

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Hurricane Schedule

Based on the latest forecast for the track of Hurricane Dorian we will shut down our operations late tomorrow afternoon, 9/4, and plan to resume full operations on Monday morning, 9/9.

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Pittcon 2019

We are exhibiting at the Pittcon 2019 Conference and Expo, Booth 4050, being held this week, March 17-21, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia PA. If you are attending try to stop by and visit with Tim and Brad.

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Operations Update

We have restarted our operations following Hurricane Florence and all systems are functioning. We do expect some delays in shipping and receiving as our shipping carriers have not returned to normal scheduled service yet due to major road flooding.

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Resuming Operations

We have power and phone service restored to our office. Our facility came through the storm with only minor damage. We will resume operations at 8am Wednesday, 8/19/18. We appreciate the patience of our customers during our experience with Hurricane Florence.

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Operations Update

Well, it looks like we are in for a hurricane in our area for later this week. I would expect that we will be shutting down our office on Wednesday afternoon, 9/12/18, and hopefully will be back in operation on Monday morning. Please continue to check our Facebook or Web Page…

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Phone System Problems

We are experiencing some problems with our phone system today. If you are having trouble reaching us, try our cell numbers, 910-540-7890 or 214-732-8326, or send us an email to massflow@mfchelp.com.

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NCSLI August 14-17, 2017

Coastal Instruments will be exhibiting at the NCSL International Workshop and Symposium being held August 14-17 at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor MD. Stop by our Booth #229 and say hello to Bruce and Brad if you are attending.

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SVC Conference in Providence, RI

Coastal Instruments will be exhibiting at the Society of Vacuum Coaters 60th Annual Technical Conference being held May 2-3, 2017 at the Providence Rhode Island Convention Center. Looks like it will be Bob and Tim attending this one, so if nothing else, stop by our Booth #413…

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ISO 17025 Renewal

Today we received notification of the two year renewal of our accreditation to the ISO 17025 quality specification by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). 2016 marks our 12th year as an ISO 17025 accredited calibration laboratory. This is an effort…

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Phone system out this weekend 10/8/16

Our office will be shutting down the power today, 10/8/16, in preparation for the hurricane expected to affect us this weekend. That means our phone system and voicemail will be down at least until Monday morning. If you need to reach us we will be checking our emails until…

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Sale of the Coastal-China Operation

Effective October 23. 2015 our interest in our operations in China, Coastal Instruments (Dandong) Company, Ltd., have been sold to a Chinese national. As a result of this sale there is no continuing business relation between Coastal-US and Coastal-CN including training and…

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Semicon West 2015

Our Coastal crew, Tasha, Tim, and Wayne at Semicon West in San Francisco this year. They clean up really good. It was good show this year with one of the biggest crowds seen at this show in several years. Thanks to our existing customers and potential new customers for…

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Semicon West 2015

Coastal Instruments will be exhibiting at the Semicon West show at Moscone Center in San Francisco July 14-16, 2015. If you are going to be there, stop by our Booth #1443 and visit with Bob, Tim, Tasha and Wayne. We will surely have some Smarties.

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Visit us at the SVC Show

Coastal Instruments will be exhibiting at the SVC TechCon Show (Society of Vacuum Coaters) at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA on April 28 and 29. Stop by our Booth #616 and say hello to Tim or Tasha if you are attending. I am…

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Visit us at Pittcon 2015

I just want to remind everybody that Coastal Instruments will be exhibiting at the Pittcon Conference, March 8 – 12, 2015, at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. Stop by our Booth #3756 to see Tim Williams, Brad Darby, or Bob Williams to discuss how we can…

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Latest News

You know it’s kind of boring around here when the highlight of the week is getting a new mail box. Next week we are getting a pink dumpster, seriously. Pics to follow on that one for sure. We hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving holiday.

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MKS Profibus Mass Flow Controllers

Coastal Instruments now has the ability to service MKS Profibus protocol mass flow controllers. We also have a large inventory of these MKS Profibus devices which can be configured to customer specifications and shipped within a matter of days from receipt of order. These…

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Renewal of our ISO 17025 Accreditation

Congratulations to the Coastal Instruments team for the renewal of our accreditation to the ISO/IEC 17025-2005, AINSI Z540-1-1994 standard for the North Carolina facility. This renewal also included the expansion of our scope from 1000 slpm to 2500 slpm and the addition of…

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Labor Day Holiday

All Coastal-US offices will be closed Monday, September 1 for the Labor Day holiday. As usual, if you have an emergency somebody will be on call for customer service.

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New Telephone System in our NC Office

This week we began the installation of a new telephone system in our NC office. Our current phone system was hastily installed after our fire and subsequent move into our new facility in 2011 (has it been that long already?) and it has given us some problems over the years.…

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Phone Problems

We are having some problems with our phone system in the NC office today (again). If you are having trouble getting your call to go through please keep trying, or email us at massflow@mfchelp.com.

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More Winter Weather for our NC Office

Well, it looks like we have another winter storm bearing down on the NC area tonight with freezing rain expected most of tonight and tomorrow. Our people went home early today and we expect that road conditions will not allow us to open the NC office on Wednesday, so if you…

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Accredited versus Compliant?

There was nothing on TV tonight except a program showcasing very cute and sometimes thought provoking commercials, obviously sponsored by the NFL, since they had a game going on between the commercials that you could sort of watch, unless you had to go to the bathroom, or the…

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NC Office closed for weather

Well, by now you have probably heard that we have some pretty unusual weather in the eastern NC area. We don’t see much snow and ice here and, when we do, it shuts everything down. As you can see from this pic of the highway to our office it is solid ice and we have asked our…

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New Team Member

We would like to welcome the newest member of the Coastal Instruments, Inc. team, Josh Trillizio, who has joined us in our North Carolina office as Information Technology Technician. We will probably cook something to celebrate, we usually do.

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Happy New Year!

A big thank you to all of our employees for their continued commitment and hard work, and to our customers for entrusting us with their business in 2013. Happy New Year to all from Coastal Instruments, Inc..

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Holiday Schedule and Support

All Coastal-US offices will be closed for the holidays December 23-27, 2013, and January 1, 2014. As always, if you need assistance during this time we will have emergency contact phone numbers available on the answering machines at each of US offices.

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We missed the Christmas Parade

We decorated the Ural side car to ride in the local Christmas parade as our Coastal Instruments, Inc. float, but the weather was so bad we decided to skip the parade. Since we already had it decorated we hated to waste our effort, so Bob and Syd decided to just ride around…

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New Sales Representative in China

We would like to welcome Tony Chen, Shanghai Xizi International Trading Company, Ltd, as our sales representative in Shanghai, China. Over the past several years Tony has been a good customer, and a good friend, to our Coastal Instruments, Dandong, China, operation. We…

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Dusty Autry

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of Earl (Dusty) Autry on September 18, 2013. Dusty was one of the first employees at Coastal Instruments; he worked here for 28 years before he retired in 2008. Dusty became an icon in the mass flow controller industry based…

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Horiba STEC Z-500 series devices

We just wanted to remind everyone that Coastal Instruments has the capability to repair and calibrate the Horiba STEC Z-500 series devices. This capability includes the ability to replace failed parts such as PC boards, sensors, and valves, as well as make changes to the gas…

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Phone Problems

We have been experiencing some problems with the rollover on our phone system in our North Carolina office over the last few days. If you are trying to call us during normal office hours and get no answer, please try again. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause…

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Semicon West 2013

We would like to thank everyone for taking the time to stop and visit with us at Semicon West this week. If you are an existing customer it was good to meet you face to face, if you are a potential customer rest assured we will follow up with you to determine how we can help…

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Semicon Wset 2013

If you are attending Semicon West in San Francisco this week be sure to visit our Booth #1744. Bob Murphy, Tim Williams, Wayne Church, and Wayne Fogle will be manning our booth this year so stop by to say hello. I am sure Bob will have his regular stash of Smarties to share…

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Sales Agent in South Korea

Effective July 5, 2013, Advanced Flow Systems (AFS) will no longer be an authorized sales agent for Coastal Instruments in the Republic of South Korea. Any sales inquiries from South Korea should be forwarded to our China sales office.

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Update on the New Construction

We have completed the move of the shipping department, the disassembly/cleaning area and the temporary break room. The Calibration low flow gas piping and vent system is complete and the low flow calibration stations have been relocated to the new room. The high flow piping…

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Update on the New Shop Construction

Last week we installed the new bulk cryogenic tank and vaporizer system and tied it into our new 2”, 316L stainless steel distribution header. The system was leak tested and trial runs of the system showed it meets all design specification for flow and pressure drop and gas…

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Update on the trip and the renovation

Well, I just got back from a two week trip to the Semicon show in Shanghai, China. It was a very busy show that indicated things in Asia may be picking up a bit, certainly from a Coastal Instruments mass flow controller service viewpoint. I also stopped over in South Korea to…

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Consolidation of Texas Operations

In order to more efficiently support our customer base we have decided to consolidate our Texas operations with our North Carolina operations. Effective March 15, 2013 we will cease operations at our Plano, TX location and all future work from that location will be performed…

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Hello from Semicon China 2013

If you are attending Semicon China this week be sure to drop by our Booth #2267, Exhibit Hall N2, and say hello. I will be there as well as Jon and Carol from our China office. It looks a very busy show so far. Say you saw this on our website when you drop by and win…

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Semicon China

Coastal Instruments, Dandong, Company, Ltd., our facility in China, will be exhibiting at the Semicon show in Shanghai March 19 through March 21, 2013. If you are planning to attend please stop by our Booth #2267, visit with Jon or Carol, and get all the latest news on our…

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Update on our New Facility

As many of you know our original building, which we had occupied since our company started in 1980, was totally destroyed by a fire in July 2011. We bought a new building very close to our old location and were back in operation within a couple of months, although in somewhat…

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Message from the President

Ok, now that I have been given the ability to post directly to our website news, totally unencumbered by my staff and the website dudes, I will try to make periodic posts to keep our customers updated on all the significant happenings in the world of mass flow controller…

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New Building

We have completed the relocation of all production and administrative functions to our new building at 707 Enterprise Drive in Burgaw, NC. All production and calibration services have been restored to the same capability as before the fire except for the ISO 17025…

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