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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1920 |
| Seat | Bayreuth , Upper Franconia , Germany |
| management | Management: Dirkreiber, Gerhard Kolb, Stefan Weihermüller |
| Number of employees | 2,700 worldwide, 1,650 of them in Bayreuth |
| Branch | Health company, medical aids |
| Website | www.medi.de |
medi is a manufacturer of medical aids and is based in Bayreuth , where the strategic business areas of medi Medical Phlebology , Orthopedics , Lymphology, Wound Care and Footcare are located. Medi sells sports compression as well as functional socks and shaping products for the fashion sector with the brands CEP and ITEM m6. Subsidiaries in 23 countries, another plant in North Carolina (USA) and direct export to over 90 countries make medi a company that operates worldwide.
history
The company was founded around 1920 in Pausa / Vogtl, Saxony . founded and initially manufactured stockings and corsetry. Albert Weihermüller and his brother-in-law Berthold Voigtmann expanded the business with rubber knitting. After the Second World War, the company settled in Bayreuth. New technologies and patented manufacturing processes developed new lines of business and product lines in the field of medical devices and sportswear. Medi has been the main and name sponsor of Bundesliga basketball players medi bayreuth since 2013 .
Business areas
- Phlebology
- Orthopedics
- Lymphology
- Woundcare
- Prosthetics (sale of the division to Össur)
- hospital
- Compression Sportswear (Brand: CEP )
- The Intelligent Legwear (Brand: ITEM m6 )
- Footcare (brand: igli )
Products
The product range includes compression stockings for medicine and sports, compression supplies for lymph and lipedema , donning aids for compression stockings, bandages and orthotics , thrombosis prophylaxis stockings for hospital patients, compression clothing after plastic surgery and orthopedic insoles.
