2007 marks 100 years that Dräger first established subsidiary offices in the United States. Dräger in Lübeck, Germany. with its rescue breathing apparatus used by miners and fire brigades in Europe, England and Mexico. And in 1904, Dräger was awarded a gold and a silver medal at the World’s Fair Universal Exposition in St. Louis for their respiratory devices. Mr. Bernhard(1), along with a Mr. offices at 11 Broadway in New York City in 1907 and within a few months, moved the company to Pittsburgh, PA calling it the Draeger Oxygen Apparatus Company. Avenue and the building still exists today. the world in 1907.