The variety of knitting machinery for medical hosiery is expanding. Merz Maschinenfabrick is offering the CC4-MED, an electronic knitting machine with five different cylinder diameters, gages E16 to E34, individual needle selection of all four feeds, and double welt transfer and sinkable circular cutter for trimming at the yarn changes. Hary Lucas Textilmaschinen's Model RME compression hosiery machine is a four feed unit in diameters from 4-7 inches and gages from 18G to 32G. A programmable electronic control unit monitors stocking shape and length, stitch size, and drum racking. The machine drive is stepless with three speeds for the different knitting areas. Santoni Pendolina Medial is expanding its presence in the antiembolism pantyhose, stocking, and sock industry.