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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...

Looking Back at a Career Marked by Growth

by Penny Sitler | June 18, 2025 | Core Values, Draper Updates | 5 Comments

GrowthWe seek, explore, and leverage opportunities to grow our employees.We empower our employees to learn and adapt through our shared experiences.We invest in our people and actively promote their development. As the date of my retirement approaches, I have been...

4 Frightening Installation Problems (and How We Fixed Them)

by Terry Coffey | Oct 31, 2017 | Draper Updates, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology

Tonight ghouls, goblins, and other scary but cute creatures will take to the sidewalks of America, howling “trick or treat” and hoping for some goodies. Dressing up and going trick-or-treating aren’t the only Halloween customs. People also gather around campfires,...

Draper Takes New Angle to Solve Glare and Heat Gain

by Terry Coffey | Oct 27, 2017 | Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades

The University of Chicago Lab School had a problem. The school was building a brand new arts facility, the Gordon Parks Arts Hall, funded in part by a donation from the George Lucas Family Foundation. It was a high-profile project, making use of daylighting. “They had...

Draper is “all in” at Greenbuild 2017

by Terry Coffey | Oct 24, 2017 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades

“We are all in." It’s the theme of the Greenbuild 2017 Expo, that has a goal of “transforming the market and changing the way the people all over the world experience buildings,” according to the show’s website. Draper shares that goal, and we will be demonstrating...

From Sewing Machines to Integrating Automation and Lean Manufacturing

by Terry Coffey | Oct 20, 2017 | Draper Updates

Our new tagline, “focused on innovative solutions,” refers to more than how we approach the marketplace. It also describes how we tackle our own internal processes, and informs our continuing evolution as a manufacturer. A writer for Efficient Plant Magazine recently...

Friday the 13th – Making Our Own Luck

by Terry Coffey | Oct 13, 2017 | Draper Updates

For anyone who is superstitious about Friday the 13th being unlucky, or who puts much faith in the concept of good luck, the poet Emily Dickinson had some choice words on the subject of luck. “Luck is not chance,” she said, “it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is...

Three Screen Attributes You May Not Know About

by Terry Coffey | Oct 10, 2017 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Rental & Staging, Screen Technology

When you purchase a projection screen, you want a good idea of what to expect. After all, you want to be sure that it meet the needs of your project. That’s why Draper tests nearly 30 different characteristics of our projection screen surfaces. Most of these...

Which Backstop Do I Need?

by Neal Turner | Oct 6, 2017 | Draper Updates, Gym Equipment

Every athletic facility is different. Building footprint, ceiling height, equipment location, and ceiling structure changes from project to project. To deal with this reality, Draper custom designs and manufactures superstructure for each unit to match with the...

Draper Adds Online Credit Card Payment Option

by Terry Coffey | Oct 3, 2017 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre

More and more businesses are paying their bills using a credit card. Although Draper has accepted credit card payment by phone for many years, we recently added a new online credit card payment system for our customers. You can now pay at your own convenience, without...

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