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Summer with Draper At Home

by Terry Coffey | June 24, 2026 | Draper At Home, Residential Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

What does summer mean to you? To your customers? Chilling on the patio? Enjoying nature’s vibes with the family? Spending quality time with the kids? Perhaps the Gershwins put it best: Summertime, and the living is easy. At least, it should be. But pesky problems like...

Draper Takes You Behind the Scenes Hollywood Style at InfoComm 2026

by Joseph Burke | June 10, 2026 | Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, AV Structures & Mounts, Foundation AV Structures & Mounts, Rental & Staging, Screen Technology | 0 Comments

Content and flashy screens may get the big headlines, but in just one week at InfoComm 2026, Draper, Inc., is proving that there is plenty of glamor behind the scenes, and behind the screens! A truly spectacular LED video wall experience starts with the structure...

New Align Bar Solves Uneven Exterior Surfaces

by Terry Coffey | May 27, 2026 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper At Home, Outdoor Living, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Exterior shading continues to grow in popularity as homeowners and businesses like restaurants look to create comfortable outdoor spaces without the cost of new construction. But the power of outdoor shading systems like the FlexShade ZIP and ZIP XL is in their...

New White Paper: Choosing Between Line Voltage and Low Voltage Motorized Shades

by Terry Coffey | May 20, 2026 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Commercial buildings are evolving fast, and so are the expectations for comfort, energy performance, and seamless integration of building systems. As more projects incorporate motorized shading, one question consistently rises to the top: Should you design around line...

Portable Projection Just Got a Lot Better — and Easier

by Jim Hoodlebrink | May 7, 2026 | Pro AV Integration, Rental & Staging, Screen Technology | 0 Comments

In the world of projection in small meeting rooms, old-fashioned tripod screens are no longer a viable option. However, folding screens can be bulky and difficult for a single person to set up. The new Ultimate Folding Screen Lite from Draper solves both of these...

The Logic Behind Draper’s Three Product Lines

by Lee Denhart | Jul 21, 2011 | From the Field

People often wonder about the logic, or lack thereof, behind Draper’s three seemingly disparate product lines – projection screens, window shades and gymnasium equipment. As is often the case, there is more to this story than meets the eye. Window shades and...

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...

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