MDI is a manufacturing organization that provides standard and custom packaging solutions, production services, and environmental services for business-to-business customers. We manufacture corrugated plastic products; a wide variety of totes, trays, boxes rolls and sheets of plastic, used by distribution and warehouse centers, retail, manufacturing and agriculture businesses all over the country. MDI provides … Read more
The Dustin Damm Memorial Fund is setup to assist those on the Iron Range that are struggling with a major mental illness. These donations go towards medical co-pay’s, utilities, transportation, and other personal needs. Dustin was a client of RMHC who lost his life early and tragically as a direct result of his mental illness. Instead of closing down, … Read more
MDI is a proud sponsor of The Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener! For the past few years, we have donated over 500 corrugated plastic totes for this event. Our totes are multipurpose and reusable.
Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation, MDI was able to purchase a much-needed piece of manufacturing machinery. Here’s Beth, one of the MDI team leads, with the BEL erector and sealer. It’s super user-friendly, so several employees with and without disabilities are able to run it with tremendous efficiency, making the forming, packing … Read more
Employment planning services are designed to assist a person seeking employment to learn about employment opportunities within the community and to make informed decisions. Employment planning services are individualized to assist a person to choose employment outcomes and/or career development opportunities based on his or her preferences, strengths, abilities, and needs. Services begin from … Read more
Two of our employees, Ed Goggleye and Benjamin Pederson, participated in the Special Olympics, Minnesota this year!
Click to Request a Quote March 14, 2016 – MDI is pleased to announce today that the organization has officially purchased a 110,000 square foot facility and adjacent land in Cohasset, Minnesota. This investment is in direct support of MDI’s strategies for expanding the business and adding employment opportunities for people with and without disabilities. … Read more
A practical theory works in providing products to the business community and jobs for people with disabilities. Quietly – for over 50 years – an organization in Minnesota, initiated and developed a working theory of Social Enterprise and now continues to refine it in practice. MDI is a manufacturing organization that provides standard and … Read more
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
Debi Thompson has joined MDI as Director of Human Resources. She is responsible for providing executive organization-wide leadership, direction, support, and guidance on all issues relating to human resources, ensuring alignment between MDI’s human resources practices, and MDI’s organizational objectives. Thompson has a unique background in human resources leadership with an experience that spans from global manufacturing … Read more
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