Saturday Recycling Drop Off Concludes

MDI Hired Hands would like to thank the #Itasca County communities for their support of our recycling program over the past 25 years. The materials that were collected and sorted in our Deer River and Cohasset facilities provided jobs for many people with disabilities and gave them an opportunity to contribute to our community. However, since 2015, … Read more

FDA Registered

  MDI is an FDA Registered Food Handling Facility As MDI continues to grow and expand its base of business offerings in order to create more employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, it is honored to announce that its Twin Cities facility is now an FDA Registered Food Handling Facility. According to Barb Majerus, vice president … Read more

Focus On Ability: Overcoming The Workforce Shortage

  Manufacturing managers of the 1950s grappled with some of the same challenges and prejudices their modern-day counterparts face: the need for productive, reliable workers coupled with a reluctance to hire people with disabilities. According to research from Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, 2 million manufacturing jobs are likely to go unfilled over the next decade. Tapping into … Read more

Hired Hands Cold Weather Policy and Recycling Info

  Cold Weather Policy for Cub Foods Acceptable Recyclables for Cub Foods Drop-Off Cub Foods Drop-Off Closed December 24th   MDI Hired Hands Cold Weather Policy: If the air temperature/real feel (combination of actual temperature and wind chill) is at or below -15 at 8:00am Cub Foods will be cancelled for that particular Saturday. MDI will … Read more

Welcome Scott Stelzner

  MDI welcomes Scott as a new Sales Account Manager. He brings over 25 years of industrial sales to the table along with a proven track record of sales and marketing. As a trained engineer with varied technical experience, we are excited to have Scott help bring MDI products and services to market. Scott formerly held positions with Rosemount, … Read more

What is a Social Enterprise Business Model?

Click to Request a Quote The Evolution and Spectrum of Non-Profit Organizations A social enterprise is one of several organizational types delivering services and opportunities to their respective communities. Non-profits have a business model and the graphic below brings greater clarity to the options available in supporting a specific cause and community. Business models progress … Read more

Social Enterprise Alliance: Twin Cities Profile

  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

How Minnesota leaders can remove barriers to creating inclusive workplaces and benefit everyone

By Goff Public In recognition of October’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month, MDI hosted a virtual roundtable that brought together experts to discuss the many meaningful ways Minnesota organizations can ensure that people with disabilities – an often-overlooked sector of the workforce – are included in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies. Roundtable participants – … Read more

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