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Let’s Congratulate Our 40 Under 40 Winners!

by Clint Childress | December 10, 2025 | Draper At Home, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Although Draper is justifiably proud of its reputation for innovation and quality, you’ll often hear us say, “Our biggest strength is our people.” And three of our finest have just received an honor which proves just that. Three of our team members have been named to...

Draper Rebrands AV Mounts & Structures as New Comprehensive Foundation Line

by Grant Wylie | December 4, 2025 | Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, AV Structures & Mounts, Draper Updates | 0 Comments

Draper, Inc., has announced a rebranding of our AVMS product category to better reflect our increased emphasis on AV structures and our growth in the market. The newly christened Foundation AV Structures & Mounts product line includes standard and custom mounting...

An American Manufacturing Partnership

by Terry Coffey | November 26, 2025 | Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

It’s an American manufacturing partnership that began with the vision of two men, two local businesses in different states, and … a bicycle. Through the years, their visions grew and thrived, and the story developed into a multi-faceted tale of success and values held...

The New IntelliFlex® I/O DC from Draper: Shade Control Simplified

by Tyson McDonald | November 6, 2025 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

A complete Window shade automation system should be elegant, simple, and scalable. That’s the key vision driving the new IntellIFlex® I/O DC low voltage shade control system from Draper. IntelliFlex I/O DC is flexible and expandable to the size and complexity of a...

We’re a Multiple Nominee in the Window Fashion Vision Readers’ Choice Awards!

by Clint Childress | October 29, 2025 | Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

We’ve been nominated for nine— count ‘em — NINE Window Fashion Vision Readers’ Choice Awards! We're honored to be nominated multiple times in this first edition of the awards. Voting just takes a few minutes, and we’d appreciate your support in the following...

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...

Draper Receives INSHARP Certification

by John Pidgeon | Dec 3, 2013 | Draper Updates, From the President's Desk

On November 25 we were informed by the Indiana Department of Labor that Draper has been granted INSHARP certification for a period of three years. INSHARP stands for Indiana Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program. It recognizes Indiana companies that...

Giving Thanks

by Penny Sitler | Nov 26, 2013 | Draper Updates

It is the season for gratitude, and we want to share our thanks with our customers, employees and community. We appreciate the continuing support of our dealers and specifiers. The dedicated hard work of our employee family. The ongoing efforts of our suppliers. In...

Trent Reece Recognized as one of 14 Impressive Students at West Point

by John Pidgeon | Nov 21, 2013 | From the President's Desk

Randy Reece, Regional Sales Manager in California had a proud father moment recently. His son, Trent, was recognized as one of 14 "incredibly impressive" students at West Point. An article in Business Insider talks about how hard it is to just apply and get accepted...

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