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6 Reasons You’ll Flip Over the Return of the Acrobat

by Jim Hoodlebrink | August 6, 2025 | Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology | 0 Comments

Sometimes an idea is so good it keeps coming back. That’s just what happened with the Draper Acrobat – a utility lineset used to suspend AV products including projection screens from the ceiling. A couple of years ago we decided to phase it out and concentrate on...

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...

Greenest Home in America

by Chris Broome | Jul 18, 2011 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades

This video shows Draper Motorized FlexShades at the Jacek Helenowski home in Chicago. This home is LEED Platinum certified and Energy Star rated, with a LEED score of 119, and is a net zero energy home. As you can see in the video, Draper shades are used to help...

It’s a Dog’s Life

by John Pidgeon | Jul 15, 2011 | From the President's Desk

Meet Buddy, the town dog of Spiceland. She lives just up the street from Draper. Buddy belongs to Mike Couch, but she sleeps around. She will spend the night with anyone who will give her a meal around dinner time. Buddy arrives at the local branch bank most days...

Our New Gym Equipment Website

by Neal Turner | Jul 14, 2011 | Gym Equipment

We have just launched a new format for the gymnasium equipment section of our website, www.draperinc.com. The site now matches the appearance of other sections of our website and is a database driven site. This should make it easier for you to navigate. It will help...

Draper Wellness Program

by John Pidgeon | Jul 1, 2011 | From the President's Desk

Last month I wrote about the Draper Health Service, our free on-site primary care clinic for Draper employees and their families. Today I want to tell you about an extension of that effort of which we are quite proud - the Draper Wellness Program. We began the Draper...

Draper Does Custom

by Amy Madden | Jun 24, 2011 | Pro AV Integration

One of the biggest draws at our InfoComm Booth this year was the addition of several custom designed lifts – a flat panel lift that lowered from the ceiling and then rotated 180 degrees, and a simple video conferencing lift that raised the camera from a cabinet. A...

International Guests at Infocomm

by Jentry Wittkamper | Jun 22, 2011 | International Update

From an International perspective, I was pleased to see many people visit our stand from outside of North America. We had a very large number of visitors from Latin America. We also had a number of visitors from Europe, Middle East, India, and Asia. We saw many...

How Spiceland Got Its Name

by John Pidgeon | Jun 20, 2011 | From the President's Desk

Draper is located in Spiceland, Indiana, a village of 800 people 40 miles east of Indianapolis. People often wonder how our town got its name. Spiceland was settled by Quakers from North Carolina in the 1820s. They chose to settle here because of an abundance of...

Photos From Our Booth at Infocomm 2011

by Penny Sitler | Jun 16, 2011 | From the Field

It was a great show! Photos from our booth: [photospace]

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