by Chris Broome | Oct 7, 2026 | Draper Updates
In our efforts to be responsible partners and good stewards, we take reducing waste very seriously. Still, each year Draper, like many companies, ends up with unused inventory. This could be due to returns, discontinued product, scrap, or various other reasons. We...
by Chris Broome | Sep 17, 2025 | Draper Updates
I am delighted to announce the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Guthrie Douglas, bringing a globally recognized shading innovator into the Draper family. Guthrie Douglas is a family business established in 1981 in Warwickshire, UK. Their team of specialist...
by Chris Broome | Sep 11, 2024 | Core Values, Draper Updates, From the President's Desk
As you may be aware, Draper has been working to define our core values and how we should grow our leadership capabilities. In the first of a series of blog posts about this effort, Chief Engineer Harold Seib shared our first core value, Strategy. In this post, Rachel...
by Chris Broome | Jan 24, 2017 | Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades
Our Literature department is gearing up this week for one of our biggest mailings of the year. The 2017 FlexShade Price List will take effect February 13, and it will begin appearing in mailboxes in the next couple of weeks. One of the more exciting things about this...
by Chris Broome | Nov 13, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades
In a recent post on the Draper blog, it was pointed out that there is a certain irony in modern “green” architecture and design: In our attempts to use the positive aspects of natural daylight to make our buildings more sustainable and comfortable, the opposite...