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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...

Draper Helps Rebuild Iraq

by Jentry Wittkamper | Sep 27, 2011 | Gym Equipment, International Update

We just completed an interesting project in Iraq earlier this summer that included a gymnasium full of Draper equipment. I have invited Nate LaMar to share the story of this project. I am looking forward to introducing you to other members of our international sales...

Draper Employee Luncheons – 2011

by John Pidgeon | Sep 21, 2011 | From the President's Desk

Each year in early March we have our Annual Employee Meeting in the Spiceland gym. Draper’s owners tell our employees how the company did in the year just ended, and offer a forecast for the year to come. During the summer and fall we host a series of employee...

Factory Direct Gym Equipment: Who Thought That Was a Good Idea?

by Neal Turner | Sep 20, 2011 | Gym Equipment

With the steep decline in school construction over the past few years, we are seeing gym equipment history repeat itself. As the market has declined, we are seeing a few gym equipment manufacturers try to increase their area of coverage by bidding jobs direct to...

rAVe Videos on Draper Products at CEDIA 2011

by Draper, Inc. | Sep 15, 2011 | External Videos, Home Theatre, International Update, Screen Technology

Draper featured many new products at CEDIA 2011 this year, and Matt Cooper from rAVe was there to record one-minute video interviews about our featured products. Check them out here: TheatreMask Curved Screens Nocturne Outdoor Projection Screen Home Theatre Stage...

CEDIA, Day One

by Penny Sitler | Sep 9, 2011 | Home Theatre

What a day it has been! We love to have CEDIA in Indianapolis because it is our home court. We can bring a large crew, and employees who rarely travel can participate in the booth team and tour the show floor. As far as we know, the Draper Nocturne outdoor...

What does InfoComm do for you?

by Amy Madden | Sep 8, 2011 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Pro AV Integration, Rental & Staging

So I recently joined InfoComm’s manufacturer’s council. InfoComm is the trade association of the professional audiovisual and information communications industries. The mission of the manufacturer committee is to act as the information conduit for all manufacturers...

Why We Are Located in Spiceland

by John Pidgeon | Sep 7, 2011 | From the President's Desk

Draper is headquartered in Spiceland, Indiana, a community of 800 people located one hour east of Indianapolis. Many customers and suppliers who visit us live in large cities. Some think it odd, perhaps quaint, that we would choose to be located in such a small town....

Putney Field House – Net Zero School

by Chris Broome | Sep 2, 2011 | Architecture/Green Building, Gym Equipment

Publishers note: This post is being republished to correct a broken link Here’s an interesting article from Athletic Business regarding the Putney School Fieldhouse in Vermont. This project achieved LEED Platinum status, and is the first secondary school building to...

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