One night in 1951 Wolfgang Weihermüller put all his eggs into one basket: He crossed the ‘Green Border’ at Rudolphstein. In his backpack he carried parts of a valuable knitting machine. Having arrived in Bayreuth, he used this knitting machine to lay the foundation for the internationally successful company, medi.
The passion to continuously improve medical aids such as compression stockings, supports and orthoses and to think holistically opened up further business: Over ten years ago, medi discovered the activating effect of compression for sports. It was the birth of the sports brand, CEP. As a pioneer in this field, today medi sportswear can be seen at every city race and marathon. Both amateurs and professional athletes rely on CEP.
The fashion world has welcomed the benefits of compression. With the high-quality stockings and shapewear collections in the ITEM m6 brand, medi has thrown itself into the world of beauty and wellness. The compression products visually tighten silhouettes and lift the buttocks as well as ensuring fit, slim legs. Well-known designer collaborations paved the way for fashion products being displayed on the catwalks of major fashion capitals.
Feeling connected in the newly opened medi tower: modern working in an inspiring environment. It's about more than just space for 400 workstations: The architecture of the medi tower symbolises innovation, openness and proximity - locally and worldwide.
In 2021, medi is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Impressive history, clear visions of the future, great innovations: The successes and principles and ethics of the family business are embedded in its history. The third generation, together with the management board and medi employees, is now already looking ahead to the future.
medi presents a world novelty: the foot orthoses bow® is based on the principle of the natural windlass mechanism of the feet - a new, unique function in foot orthotic.
Strong cohesion: With Miriam Weihermüller, Marcus Weihermüller and Philipp Schatz, the third generation is already leading the innovative family business into the future together with the management board.
Awarded: medi receives the "Top Job-Siegel 2020", which annually honours the most attractive employers in the German SME sector.
medi launches medi Rehab one, a medical compression stocking specifically designed to prevent and reduce post-traumatic and post-operative oedema following orthopaedic injuries.
"We are building our future": medi opens its own employee car park and starts construction of the new administration building in Bayreuth.
medi develops the digital tool medi vision for almost contactless measurement of compression stockings.
The medi campaign, which was realized exclusively in Germany, "Strong effect for strong women" with Barbara Schöneberger is honoured with the Health Media Award 2018.
The popular TV presenter Barbara Schöneberger becomes a brand ambassador for medi and ITEM m6. Under the motto "Strong effect for strong women", she is committed to raising awareness of compression.
medi becomes new main and title sponsor of Bayreuth's German basketball league club. The previously named BBC Bayreuth is now medi Bayreuth with the slogan "feel the passion".
igli carbon insoles now belongs to medi – the new Footcare Division is founded.
mediven travel is the first clinically tested travel stocking on the market.
medi brings the Spinomed back brace, the first back orthosis ever with a scientifically proven effect against osteoporosis, onto the market.
The range of services offered by the Prosthetics division is expanded.
The company is rebranded as "medi", the entire look of the company is changed and the umbrella brand is founded.
Phlebology joins the Orthopaedics division.
mediven thrombexin, the medical thrombosis prophylaxis stocking, is introduced in hospitals.
medi USA is founded.
medi 75 is the first compression stocking with a sheer look. This has been developed further to become today's mediven elegance.
The Hospital Division is founded. struva, the anti-embolism stocking, bolsters the range.
The medi stocking is born – the first seamless, highly-elastic compression stocking with a covered weft thread.
Wolfgang Weihermüller and Günter Voigtmann found the company WeCo in Bayreuth.
Albert Weihermüller and Berthold Voigtmann laid the foundation stone for a successful future with the company Weihermüller & Voigtmann in Pausa / Vogtland.
The combination of aesthetics and health became the basis for these globally successful products from Upper Franconia.
When the sons of Wolfgang Weihermüller, Dr Michael Weihermüller and Stefan Weihermüller entered the company, they focused on the international market.
With the opening of the US branch in 1982, they led the company in its international breakthrough.
