Today, medi is one of the leading manufacturers of medical compression hose, and also produces bandages, braces, medical hose for the prevention of thrombosis, compression garments after plastic-aesthetic surgery and modern leg prostheses.

• around 1920 Albert Weihermüller and Berthold Voigtmann found Weihermüller & Voigtmann in Pausa/Vogtland.
• 1951 Wolfgang Weihermüller and Günther Voigtmann found WeCo in Bayreuth.
• 1964 The birth of the medi stocking – the first seamless, highly elastic compression stocking with uncovered weft thread.
• 1972 The Hospital business division is founded. Struva anti-embolism stockings are added to the range
• 1975 medi 75 is the first transparent compression stocking. It has now been developed further into today's mediven elegance.
• 1982 medi USA founded.
• 1982 The medical anti-embolism stocking mediven thrombexin is introduced in clinics.
• 1986 The Orthopaedics business division is founded.
• 1991 The company name is changed to "medi" and the umbrella brand name established.
• 1994 The Prosthetics business division is founded.
• 1998 The Spinomed is the first back brace scientifically proven to be effective against osteoporosis.
• 2000 The mediven travel is the first clinically tested travel stocking on the market.
• 2004 Introduction of fashion shades for medical compression hose.
• 2004 The patented RELAX medi Liner is the first silicone liner worldwide, which prevents phantom pain without causing side-effects.
• 2007 M.4s launched, the most technologically advanced ligament knee brace to date.