Support the Success of Employees with Disabilities with an Investment in Impact

  More capability. More business. More jobs. The timing is right for you to help purchase machinery for MDI to enter the foam packaging business. Foam is custom- designed to protect products during manufacturing, transport, storage and display and can be cut into any shape and size for electronics, medical, automotive, retail, and more. Three … Read more

Spread the Word…

  Join MDI on March 2nd to raise awareness of the hurtfulness of the R-word. The R-word is exclusive, offensive and derogatory. The campaign asks people to pledge to stop saying the R-word as a starting point toward creating more accepting attitudes and communities for all people. Language affects attitudes and attitudes affect actions. The campaign is intended to get … Read more

The Three Values that Drive Social Enterprises

Value in Products, Value in Relationships and Valued People Very often we see ourselves and believe others see us as a person with skills. Just as often, our value is determined by the skills we have mastered and display. And almost always, those skills are related to work. It would then follow that individuals perceived … Read more

Have You Ever Braved the Frigid Winter Waters of Minnesota?

A minute of cold… for a moment of joy. The Polar Plunge challenges thousands of people in Minnesota to jump in the clear, blue icy waters of Minnesota. The Plunge supports Special Olympics in Minnesota. This is the 19th year for The Plunge. In 2015 there were 15,500 participants that raised $4 Million. That supports over 8000 athletes … Read more

Social Enterprise: 50 Years in the Making

“Liberty requires opportunity to make a living – a living which gives a person not only enough to live by, but something to live for.”  – Franklin Delano Roosevelt John DuRand wasn’t thinking of history when he founded MDI in 1964.  His objective was simple – and is still realized today – providing job opportunities for … Read more

Happy Vets Day

Thanks to all the vets our there for all you have done for our great country! Also, a special call out for our vet employees: Eugene V. Albert Ordell Bernardy Bruce Braun James Forbord Larri Gunderson Michael Sundberg Steven Van Horn Ken Nygren Dale Majerus Jim Nason Scott Olson Sean Kuck Duane Haugen Dale Huss … Read more

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