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1949 to 1979
From the "economic miracle" after 1949 until the company's stock exchange listing.





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1953
Launch of "Alcotest tubes" for road traffic controls; even back then, highly sophisticated measuring equipment was used to conduct alcohol testing on motorists around the world
1953
Climbing of Mt. Everest (with Dräger oxygen apparatus) by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary
1956
Collaboration with marine researcher Jacques Cousteau
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1958
Quality assurance: introduction of group production
1961
Christian Dräger becomes personally liable partner
1968
Introduction of 300 bar technology for compressed air breathing apparatus signals lead forward in respiratory protection

1969
First moon landing by Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin

1970
Dräger becomes public limited company Drägerwerk Aktiengesellschaft Lübeck

1974
"Dräger Foundation" established





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1975
Launch of "Panorama Nova" full face mask an of long-term "Dräger Tubes"
1976
Company goes public with issue of preference shares
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