industrial aid

The Industrial Aid project was a $5.5 million expansion of the shelter workshop’s aging facilities, which enabled it to remain in the city and preserve more than 200 jobs there. Industrial Aid is a packaging company that employs mentally and physically challenged adults who may have difficulty finding or maintaining employment.

The new addition emphasizes an open plan production space with large structural bays and high ceilings, skylights, a state-of-the-art electrical system, and a two-story entry space for visitors with a new boardroom and new office space. There are also new break rooms and locker areas for employees, a courtyard with outdoor seating, and plasma screen TVs. The project has not only caught the attention of the city’s top business and government officials, it has energized the entire Industrial Aid team which continues to remain competitive with other non-shelter workshop packaging companies in the St. Louis metropolitan area.