Valuable yet Hard to Find Remember how excited you were when you got your very first job as a kid and started earning your own money? Employment opportunities for students with disabilities are not always easy to find and don’t always go smoothly because the employer may not have an understanding of how to … Read more
With a monthly donation of just $10 you can provide four hours of job coaching for employees with disabilities. At MDI employees with and without disabilities work side-by-side, manufacturing plastic containers for business-to-business customers. Employees with and without disabilities have mastered a variety of manufacturing machinery. Our founder, John DuRand, wrote in his book The … 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.
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
An individual can spend months, sometimes years, applying for and obtaining Social Security disability benefits. Going back to work after a long period out of the workforce can be nerve racking on its own. Having to think about what will happen to one’s disability benefits when working can make things all the more stressful. Social … Read more
John Stemper has joined MDI as Director of Product Development and New Ventures. His primary responsibilities are to strategically identify, assess, and pursue, products or services to enhance MDI’s revenue generation and employment opportunities. This position will work closely with all departments and in particular sales, manufacturing, finance and MDI’s senior leadership in the formulation of … Read more
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
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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