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MDI Hired Hands Grand Opening July 28, 2016
June 30, 2016MDI’s Hired Hands Moves to Cohasset Join MDI for a luncheon at the new facility in Cohasset located at 1001 NW 3rd Street, Cohasset, MN Thursday, July 28, 2016, 11:30 – 1:30 p.m. Enjoy a tour, music, and prize drawing. First 200 people will receive a free MDI tote! MDI’s Hired Hands employees are moving ... Read moreRead Article
What is a Social Enterprise Business Model?
June 14, 2016Click 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 moreRead Article
Social Enterprise Alliance: Twin Cities Profile
May 25, 2016MDI 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 moreRead Article
New Director of Product Development
March 16, 2016John 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 moreRead Article
Common Questions About Corrugated Plastic Containers
Corrugated plastic containers are more durable, weather-resistant, and lightweight than cardboard, and more cost-effective to customize than injection-molded plastic, making them ideal for reusable applications.
Teams typically switch when the costs of product damage, packaging waste, and inefficient handling become too high. If you have a closed-loop or semi-closed-loop logistics system, reusable corrugated plastic containers are often a smart investment.
They reduce the recurring purchase of single-use packaging, lower product damage rates, and can be designed to improve pack density, lowering shipping costs.
