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A Long and Exciting Ride

by Clint Childress | May 21, 2025 | Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades | 1 Comment

One of the most satisfying and interesting things about working at Draper is the people you meet. And recently one of the most interesting I got to work with decided to call it a day after a long and successful career. Richard Wilson retired after 12 years with Draper...

The Power of Partnership: At the Heart of Draper Inc.

by Joseph Burke | May 14, 2025 | Architecture/Green Building | 0 Comments

At Draper Inc., partnership isn’t just a business buzzword — it’s a part of who we are. It shapes how we work, how we treat people, and how we grow. Over the years, we’ve learned that the best results come when we work together. Whether we’re teaming up with...

Potential Disaster Leads to Hallmark Moment

by Terry Coffey | May 7, 2025 | Draper Updates | 0 Comments

Imagine the scene. You’re at work. It’s been a busy day packing window shade orders for delivery. At some point, you look down at your left hand and realize with horror that the engagement ring is missing! That’s just what happened to Courtney Poindexter, who works in...

Do You Need Plants in Biophilic Architecture? Yes, But There’s More to it Than That.

by Terry Coffey | April 30, 2025 | Architecture/Green Building | 0 Comments

Biophilic design is often associated with buildings that include plants, water, and other natural features as part of the interior and exterior architecture. But biophilic design is more than adding some green plants and the sound of water. In an Arch Daily article...

Draper Improves Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

by Terry Coffey | April 23, 2025 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates | 0 Comments

With the recent additions of a new building and a new automated powder coating line, Draper knew our carbon footprint and energy costs were bound to take a big hit. But our years of experience with Lean Manufacturing principles helped us take a positive approach to...

Specifying the Proper Shading Solution

by Jeff Miller | Aug 12, 2016 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades

There’s a lot of information out there on choosing the proper shading solution. A Google search for the term “how to choose window treatments” brings up more than 1.8 million hits. Searching the term how to choose window shades” gets even more results—almost 3.5...

Draper and Indoor Air Quality

by Amy Madden | Aug 9, 2016 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Home Theatre, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Solar Control & Window Shades

If there’s one thing that connects residential and commercial AV integrators, it’s the search for new profit centers, and new ways to add to the bottom line. On the CE Pro website, Julie Jacobson recently talked about one such area: Indoor Air Quality, or IAQ. This is...

Going for Gold with Draper

by Neal Turner | Aug 5, 2016 | Draper Updates, Gym Equipment

With the upcoming start of the Olympic games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Draper will be going for gold along with our men’s basketball team. As coach Mike Krzyzewski’s Olympic team that includes the likes of Keven Durant, Paul George, Deandre Jordan, Draymond Green,...

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

by Terry Coffey | Aug 2, 2016 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. So what does this phrase from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation have to do with CEDIA? You can find out in my latest post on the CEDIA blog. Hopefully you're planning to attend the #CEDIA16 trade show, September 13-17 in Dallas....

Draper Screens and the Bottom Line

by Terry Coffey | Jul 29, 2016 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology

Earlier this year, we ran a blog post explaining how Draper shades help with your bottom line. You can read it here. Draper’s ability to help you save time and money isn’t exclusive to our shades, however; there are several products in our AV line which provide unique...

Solar Control and Productivity

by Jeff Miller | Jul 26, 2016 | Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades

There are many reasons window shades make good sense. Often we focus on their benefits to the bottom line, through energy savings and reduction in the size of HVAC systems. We also discuss solar control's impact on the health and well-being of employees. Today I...

Why Use Gymnasium Divider Curtains?

by Neal Turner | Jul 22, 2016 | Draper Updates, Gym Equipment, International Update

Divider curtains are a great addition to almost any gymnasium space. Gymnasium divider curtains can be installed in new facilities or added to an existing building and offer lots of benefits. Gymnasium dividers can increase facility utilization, improve rental revenue...

Plan Emoji from Outer Space

by Terry Coffey | Jul 15, 2016 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology

Sunday, July 17 is World Emoji Day. For the past couple of months, I’ve been wracking my brains, trying to think of a way to do a blog post about emojis for today. Then, finally, it hit me: why not write a blog post USING emojis? Below is the post in question. For a...

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