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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...

Did You Know? New Dual Roller Headboxes

by Terry Coffey | May 23, 2022 | Did You Know?, Residential Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades

Dual roller shades are growing in popularity because you don’t have to choose between light filtering and room darkening fabrics. You can have both in the same window! Did you know Draper® has added some new headbox options to our Dual Roller FlexShade® window shades?...

A New Angle to Draper Coupled Shades

by Terry Coffey | May 18, 2022 | Architecture/Green Building, Residential Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades

Coupled window shades can make motorized operation less expensive and simpler. With a coupled unit, a single motor can drive up to five shade panels. While this is fairly simple on flat facades, coupling shades across angled glazing presents some additional...

Did You Know? 120 Years, Part 2!

by Terry Coffey | May 16, 2022 | Did You Know?, Draper Updates

This year Draper celebrates our 120th birthday! Did you know we are still family owned and managed? Perhaps this stability is one reason why innovation has been second nature since the very beginning. We already shared some high points from our first 100 years here....

Your Home’s Window Shade Performance: Interior vs. Exterior

by Terry Coffey | May 11, 2022 | Draper At Home, Outdoor Living, Solar Control & Window Shades

In addition to creating comfortable outdoor spaces, exterior shades like the Draper At Home FlexShade® ZIP can be used as a solar control device over windows. It works much like interior shades but locating it on the outside of the window creates some definite...

Draper® StageScreen®—Still on the Road

by Terry Coffey | May 4, 2022 | Pro AV Integration, Rental & Staging, Screen Technology

As the event industry recovers from pandemic shutdowns, a major cost for rental and staging companies is having the necessary inventory to keep up with the variety of events. However, keeping a large inventory of different portable projection screen sizes can be an...

Did You Know? Draper is Celebrating 120 Years of Innovation!

by Terry Coffey | May 2, 2022 | Did You Know?, Draper Updates

2022 marks our 120th year! But did you know surviving as a business since 1902 is not as impressive as how we did it - and what that means to you! After over a century of thriving, growing, and innovating, there are more examples of our accomplishments than we have...

How Big Should My Screen Be?

by Terry Coffey | Apr 27, 2022 | From the Field, Houses of Worship, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology

One of the most frequent questions we get is, “How big should my screen be?” Although this is not an overly complicated question to answer, determining the right projection screen size does require a few additional queries to reach the proper conclusion. Here are the...

Did You Know? Draper At Home Comes to Your Emotional Rescue

by Terry Coffey | Apr 25, 2022 | Architecture/Green Building, Did You Know?, Draper At Home, Solar Control & Window Shades

More and more we’re discovering how emotions are affected by our surroundings. Shapes, textures, and especially colors can have an impact. As this ArchDaily article points out, “people have been looking for ways to set up rooms that provide the apotheosis of their...

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