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Draper Gym Solutions on Show in Athletic Business Architectural Showcase

by Neal Turner | July 30, 2025 | Gym Equipment | 0 Comments

One of the highlights of each year for our gym equipment group is seeing the fruits of our labor in the annual Athletic Business Architectural Showcase. While we don’t get to see the final outcome of the vast majority of our gym equipment projects, it’s enjoyable and...

Power Up Your Shade Sales Game

by Terry Coffey | July 21, 2025 | Draper At Home, Solar Control & Window Shades | 12 Comments

This week we’re powering up your competitive advantage with a special week launching more tools to help you get more sales! This special “Power Up” week features exciting, next-level window shade upgrades to some of our most popular motorized shade models, including...

New Draper-Designed Chain Tensioner for Clutch Shades

by Terry Coffey | July 16, 2025 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper At Home, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Part of our overall Strategy as a company is to keep finding ways to get better: “We draw from deep expertise to continuously improve and hold ourselves to a standard of excellence.” An excellent example of that strategy hits the streets in the next few days in the...

Dream Big, Build Bigger!

by Terry Coffey | July 9, 2025 | Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, Draper Updates, Pro AV Integration | 0 Comments

That’s the message we took to InfoComm 2025 in Orlando and based on feedback from the show that message was delivered loud and clear! In order to focus attention on AV Mounts and Structures, this was the first time our InfoComm booth did not include projection...

Branching Out, Remaining Rooted: An American Manufacturing Story

by Terry Coffey | July 2, 2025 | Draper Updates | 0 Comments

It’s an American manufacturing story that begins with one man’s vision, a small local business, and a bicycle. Through the years, that vision grew and thrived, and the story developed into a multi-faceted tale of success and values held in the face of changing times....

Desperately Seeking TecVision

by Terry Coffey | Jan 30, 2014 | Home Theatre, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology

The word was out in the halls of Draper. A big announcement was coming. An announcement that would be made at the Integrated Systems Europe trade show, February 4-6 in Amsterdam. Even though I’m a short-timer here at Draper—15 years come July—I know that prying...

Draper: The Healthiest Workplace in America!

by John Pidgeon | Jan 16, 2014 | From the President's Desk

I think it's always a good day to work at Draper. But today is a banner day. Draper, Inc. has been named the healthiest workplace in the United States for 2014. Draper tops a list of 100 companies honored by Healthiest Employers LLC, a national organization dedicated...

Randy Clapp Retires

by Draper, Inc. | Jan 8, 2014 | From the President's Desk

Randy Clapp retired January 2, 2014, ending a career at Draper that spanned 39 years and 4 months. Randy joined us in September 1974 and was involved in window shade production his entire career. In 1981 he began to run the “mill room,” which supplied spring rollers...

Art Center Gets New Website

by John Pidgeon | Dec 30, 2013 | From the President's Desk

Our web designer, Gini Deaton, is one of several Draper employees who enjoy the visual arts. Here's her story. We're happy to have a fine art association in our community! I just discovered that New Castle, Indiana has an Art Center! I don't know how I managed to live...

Elf Solves Glare Problem with Draper Products

by Draper, Inc. | Dec 19, 2013 | From the President's Desk, Screen Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades

Terry Coffey writes our technical documents, press releases, a personal blog, and even has a book on Amazon. But we didn't know he recently got a peek inside Santa's workshop! Here's what he learned: Nova Sugarplum was an elf with a problem. January 13, 2013, the...

Changing of the Guard

by John Pidgeon | Dec 12, 2013 | From the President's Desk

Some of my fondest memories from my teenage years and young adulthood are of this company and the close knit group of people who worked here. We were small then – fewer than 40 people – and not very automated. Summers in both the plant and the office were long and...

Colby’s Basketball Half Court Wish

by John Pidgeon | Dec 10, 2013 | From the President's Desk, Gym Equipment

Colby is a 10-year-old boy from Rural Retreat, VA who was diagnosed with a brain tumor. In 2009 his headaches and migraines led to the discovery. Luckily, the tumor has been confirmed as benign. He will start having radiation treatments when he is 14. Colby loves...

DGL Delivers First Video Conference Backdrop in UK

by Jentry Wittkamper | Dec 5, 2013 | International Update, Pro AV Integration

This comes from Neil Mattock, a regional sales manager for Draper Group Limited in the UK: Draper Group Ltd has delivered the first Video Conferencing backdrop in the UK to the University of Northampton. The fully customized VCB Traveller was supplied to the...

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