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March 16, 2017 Supporting the Mission

  Amazon is celebrating its #1 ranking in customer satisfaction by the ACSI! Today, March 16, Amazon will donate 5% (10 times the usual donation rate) of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to MDI. Get started at smile.amazon.com/ch/41-1801370.

March 3, 2017 Disability News & Services, News, Services, Supporting the Mission

  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 ...

March 1, 2017 Disability News & Services, In the Community, News, Products

  People with and without disabilities will be gaining additional job opportunities at a new Minnesota Diversified Industries (MDI) manufacturing facility. The IRRR Board Tuesday in St. Paul approved a $1 million loan and $350,000 infrastructure grant to help build ...

February 24, 2017 In the Community, Products

  Jon Frimanslund and Rick Harding giving our newest board member Mike Raich a tour of the Grand Rapids facility during his orientation.

February 22, 2017 Disability News & Services, For Employees, In the Community, News, Supporting the Mission

  MDI Brings in Industry Knowledge, Hibbing Representation With New Board Members Jill Hesselroth of Intek Plastics and Dr. Michael Raich of Hibbing Community College. Hesselroth brings a deep manufacturing expertise to the board. Raich’s experience boosts MDI ties to Hibbing, Minnesota, and increases the organizations’ workforce ...

February 11, 2017 News

  CEO Peter McDermott of Minnesota Diversified Industries (MDI) wasn’t looking for this job. However, he took over the failing contract manufacturer nearly a decade ago from a dismissed manager and turned it into a growth company of 525 employees, ...

February 6, 2017 Disability News & Services, In the Community, Supporting the Mission

  The Polar Plunge events are organized by Minnesota law enforcement and benefit the more than 8,200 Special Olympics Minnesota athletes. There are more than 20 Polar Plunge events happening across the state of Minnesota from now through March.   ...

January 10, 2017 Disability News & Services, For Employees

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December 28, 2016 Disability News & Services, In the Community, News, Supporting the Mission

  The Northland Foundation has awarded MDI a $10,000 grant to design a training program for their integrated workforce, Work Skills 101. This pilot program will provide an opportunity for MDI employees to grow both professionally and personally. The program will be ...

December 27, 2016 News, Products

  IEN features our newest plastic option offered…