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May 6, 2016 News

  Be part of a fun night to support careers for people with disabilities. Events will be held at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Minneapolis on Tuesday, June 25th and at Klockow Brewing Company in Grand Rapids on Wednesday, July 17th.  Register: Minneapolis Register: Grand Rapids MDI transforms the lives of people with disabilities ...

April 27, 2016 Disability News & Services, In the Community, News, Supporting the Mission

  Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation, MDI was able to purchase a much-needed piece of manufacturing machinery. Here’s Beth, one of the MDI team leads, with the BEL erector and sealer. It’s super user-friendly, so several employees with ...

April 19, 2016 Disability News & Services, For Employees, In the Community, News, Supporting the Mission

  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 ...

April 6, 2016 Disability News & Services, In the Community, News

  Two of our employees, Ed Goggleye and Benjamin Pederson, participated in the Special Olympics, Minnesota this year!  

March 16, 2016 For Employees, News, Products

  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 ...

March 14, 2016 Disability News & Services, For Employees, In the Community, News, Products, Supporting the Mission

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 ...

March 14, 2016 Disability News & Services, In the Community, News, Products, Supporting the Mission

  A practical theory works in providing products to the business community and jobs for people with disabilities. Quietly – for over 50 years – an organization in Minnesota, initiated and developed a working theory of Social Enterprise and now ...

March 11, 2016 Disability News & Services, For Employees, In the Community, News, Supporting the Mission

  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 ...

March 8, 2016 News, Products

  MDI is proud to announce we are now offering custom foam packaging solutions, including a variety of foams designed to protect products during manufacturing, transport, storage and display. Several foam types are offered such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyurethane, anti-static and neoprene. MDI designs and delivers a ...

February 18, 2016 For Employees, In the Community, News

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 ...