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September 28, 2016 News, Products

  MDI Diversifies Packaging Offerings With Corrugated Polypropylene Plastic MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 28, 2016 – Manufacturers, retailers and distributors looking for customized packaging solutions have more options now with new corrugated, polypropylene-plastic packaging from MDI. The organization’s packaging solutions support closed-loop, ...

September 19, 2016 Disability News & Services, In the Community, News, Products, Services, Supporting the Mission

  MinnPost just published an article on what MDI beliefs and values are based on “people with disabilities are extremely able workers – given training and opportunity”. Read the full article here.

September 14, 2016 News

  Until the Ability Bash! Only 20 Tickets Left! Join us for live music, “award-winning food”, locally-brewed beers, bottle ring toss, mystery boxes, Costa Rica vacation raffle and a live auction that includes Surly’s Dinner at The Brew’s Table for 4, Tour and Swag Bag, ...

August 25, 2016 News, Products

  MDI’s new form product line is featured in Industrial Equipment News Since 1933, the industrial sector has looked to IEN for the latest news and information on products, components and equipment.

August 3, 2016 In the Community, News, Supporting the Mission

  Rachel Wobschall, senior major gift officer for Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, and a board member at MDI, cultivates donors to help fund treatment for children, teens and young adults with disabilities or medical conditions. Rachel Wobschall, 57, ...

July 13, 2016 Disability News & Services, News, Supporting the Mission

  Wilder Research’s July 2016 study of MDI reports for each dollar donated to or spend with MDI, there is a social return on investment (SROI) of $4.87. MDI’s social enterprise business model provides careers for people with disabilities in a manufacturing setting. Wilder ...

June 30, 2016 Disability News & Services, In the Community, News, Products, Supporting the Mission

MDI’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. ...

June 22, 2016 Disability News & Services, In the Community, News, Supporting the Mission

  Thanks to a $16,000 grant from Wells Fargo, MDI was able to  purchase a new piece of manufacturing machinery. Here’s Jeff Gervais, MDI’s, Operations Manager, with the shrink packaging system. The DEM combo shrink system combines a heavy duty L-Bar Sealer and ...

June 14, 2016 Disability News & Services, Medical, News, Products, Services, Supporting the Mission

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 ...

June 1, 2016 Disability News & Services, For Employees, In the Community, News, Supporting the Mission

  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 ...