MDI Safety is located in the scenic and historic New River Valley region of Southwest Virginia. Surrounded by the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and situated between Virginia Tech and Radford Universities, we are fortunate to be headquartered in a progressive and thriving small town community.
We started selling gloves and other personal protective equipment in the fall of 1992. Utilizing a 1976 Chevy van, we traveled the coal fields of Western Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Southeastern West Virginia. We set up at mine entrances, flea markets, grocery store parking lots and anywhere else where we thought we could sell gloves!!
In 1994 we opened our first warehouse and distribution center. We also added more employees, which in our case means we called in more family! Before the end of 1994 we had a total of 6 family members working and have maintained the family structure ever since. Today we have 3 generations of family working side by side every day.