“OUR SUCCESS DEPENDS UPON OUR CLIENTS’ SUCCESS”

Marketing Development International (MDI) is a marine products and installed systems representation company. MDI serves its client companies in selling their products, services, labor, and installed systems to the marine industry, including ship owners, shipbuilders, government agencies, and commercial companies. Started in 1995 by its founder and President, Larry N. Hairston, MDI has a combined history of experience in the marine industry of over 125 years with its current company Team members. This experience includes executive positions within the marine industry in marketing, engineering and estimating. MDI is located on the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the New Orleans area. This is right in the middle of most of the U.S. based shipbuilding industry accounting for over 80% of the ships built in the U.S. MDI represents only marine companies with solid quality experience and reputations within the marine industry. 

MDI knows how to compete and win with five essentials:

•  Know our clients’ customer base

• Know the value of same and the techniques for keeping them

• Demonstrate control of new customer acquisition costs

• Provide clients a level of customer service second to none

• Set a steady course for markets, management and messages