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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...

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...

710 Reasons Draper is Successful

by Terry Coffey | Sep 29, 2017 | Draper Updates

Yesterday was a special day for us. It was Draper employee appreciation day, and we took time out to say “thank you” to our most important resource: our people. 2016 was our best year ever, and 2017 is on track to be even better. To be able to say that after 115 years...

When Technology Fails at the Last Second (why you should have a back-up plan)

by Terry Coffey | Sep 26, 2017 | Draper Updates, International Update, Pro AV Integration

How many times have you been in a meeting where the technology didn’t work? It’s a frustrating situation for meeting attendees, managers, and for the techs who are responsible for making sure the equipment is working. David McLaughlin, CTS-D, is Draper’s audio visual...

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