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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....

Bond Bridge Pro Brings App Control to Draper, Draper At Home Shades

by Terry Coffey | June 25, 2025 | Architecture/Green Building, Smart Home, Solar Control & Window Shades | 0 Comments

Now you can enjoy the complete smart control experience thanks to our new partnership with Bond – and yes, there’s an app for that! We are partnering with controls company Bond to integrate motorized window shades into home control/automation systems through the Bond...

A Matter of Trust

by Terry Coffey | Jan 15, 2019 | Architecture/Green Building

“… some might have learned to adjust. But then it never was a matter of trust." -Billy Joel In a world of increasing commoditization, where many business transactions take place with no personal contact between company and customer, it can be hard to place trust in...

Three Ways Our Shade Production Benefits You

by Terry Coffey | Jan 11, 2019 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, International Update, Solar Control & Window Shades

Nobody wants to be stuck in the middle of a project delay because of product or delivery issues. We know you feel the pull of deadlines and expectations from their own customers. That’s why we’ve improved our internal processes to bring a bit more sanity to your next...

Dream Without Limits at ISE 2019

by Terry Coffey | Jan 8, 2019 | Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, Digital Signage, Draper Updates, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology

Looking for solutions that offer function, elegance, and ease-of-installation? Then you’ll like what we have to show you at Integrated Systems Europe 2019, February 5-8 in Amsterdam. ISE is the gathering place for the AV world. It’s where the industry goes to...

Custom Gym Equipment Creates Multipurpose Sports Center

by Terry Coffey | Jan 4, 2019 | Draper Updates, Gym Equipment, International Update

Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of St. Bernard Parish’s 33-acre Val Riess Recreation Complex in Chalmette, Louisiana. Originally a soccer and softball complex, a multi-purpose building was added during the recovery from the hurricane that struck in 2005. For several...

Four Things to Expect from Draper in 2019

by Terry Coffey | Jan 1, 2019 | Architecture/Green Building, Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, Digital Signage, Draper Updates, Gym Equipment, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Rental & Staging, Solar Control & Window Shades

What was the best thing about your 2018? And what are your hopes for the new year? 2018 was Draper’s best year ever, and today we begin the new year expecting to be able to say the same thing about 2019 when it is over. We’ve already shared some of our highlights from...

From Parliament to a Wind Tunnel: Highlights from 2018

by Terry Coffey | Dec 28, 2018 | Architecture/Green Building, Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, Digital Signage, Draper Updates, External Videos, Gym Equipment, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Rental & Staging, Solar Control & Window Shades

How does a company follow up its best year ever? By topping it the next year! That’s exactly what Draper accomplished in 2018, topping our previous best year in 2017. Here are a few highlights from an eventful and fruitful year: Large louvers and debating rotating....

Setting and Managing Expectations

by Terry Coffey | Dec 18, 2018 | Audiovisual Mounts & Structures, Digital Signage, Draper Updates, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Solar Control & Window Shades

Project management probably doesn’t get top billing when it comes to custom solutions. Yet it’s just as important as the design and production processes in making Draper’s custom solutions efforts a success. Because custom projects can involve several key stakeholders...

New Standard Keeps Kids Safe

by Terry Coffey | Dec 14, 2018 | Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades

A new safety standard takes effect on December 15 for window coverings with operable cords that are located in areas accessible by small children. The new standard, ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2018, was developed by the Window Coverings Manufacturer’s Association and the...

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