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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...

Branching Out, Remaining Rooted: An American Manufacturing Story

by Terry Coffey | July 2, 2025 | Draper Updates | 0 Comments

It’s an American manufacturing story that begins with one man’s vision, a small local business, and a bicycle. Through the years, that vision grew and thrived, and the story developed into a multi-faceted tale of success and values held in the face of changing times....

Draper Projection Screens-Designed, Engineered, and Assembled in the USA

by Terry Coffey | Oct 16, 2020 | Draper Updates, From the Field, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Rental & Staging, Screen Technology

We stand ready and able to fill your orders for projection screens and projector lifts! During a time in which many companies have moved manufacturing to other countries, Draper continues to design, engineer, and assemble our products in the USA. In fact, in response...

Four Ways the FlexShade® Recharge is Designed for the Smart Life

by Terry Coffey | Oct 14, 2020 | Solar Control & Window Shades

Whether it’s appliances, personal devices, or office tools, people are demanding more from their technology. Today’s tech needs to be able to offer convenience, safety, and the ability to interface with other devices on a network. Window shades have not escaped the...

New Podcast Shows Value of Shade Automation

by Terry Coffey | Oct 14, 2020 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades

As the world moves to a more touch free office environment, automation will become an even more important part of commercial and office space design. That goes for shades as well as other building systems. Draper Architectural Market Specialist Jessi Wright and...

New Classes Educate Architects on the Advantages of Exterior Shading

by Terry Coffey | Oct 7, 2020 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades

More than ever, architects are having to include strategies for glare and solar heat gain mitigation into their designs as they turn to additional and larger areas of glazing. An exterior system is a most effective way to deal with solar heat gain. If the shading...

Five Reasons Foundation is the Bedrock of Your LED Installation

by Terry Coffey | Sep 30, 2020 | Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, Digital Signage, Pro AV Integration

Walls that aren’t flat, floors that are uneven, and tight installation deadlines are just a few of the headaches that installers face. But thanks to the Foundation™ Mount System for LED, which launched this summer at InfoComm, those concerns are becoming a thing of...

FlexShade® NEXD is Better than Ever-These New Videos Show Why

by Terry Coffey | Sep 23, 2020 | Solar Control & Window Shades

Since the release of the heavy-duty Clutch-Operated FlexShade® NEXD, Draper® has been pleased by the positive response. Even with that positive response, our engineers never stop looking for ways to improve our products. In two new videos, solar control product...

4K-A Clearer Picture

by Terry Coffey | Sep 16, 2020 | Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology

When someone inquires about a 4K display, what are they talking about? Sure, 4K, but what does that mean exactly? Does 4K mean the same thing for flat panels and projectors and screens? Since the development of 4K we’ve seen a lot of confusion among our clients and...

New Video Series Helps with FlexShade® ZIP Installation

by Terry Coffey | Sep 9, 2020 | External Videos, From the Field, Solar Control & Window Shades

Where do you go to find out how to do something? More and more, the answer to that question is YouTube. There is a demand for online video tutorials for more than just basic tips and fixes. Window shade installation professionals are also looking for video content to...

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