by Terry Coffey | May 18, 2015 | Draper Updates, From the Field
Here at Draper, we often tell folks that our business philosophy is a simple one—to make a quality product and sell it at a reasonable price. The quality part of that philosophy is very important to us. We have an entire department dedicated to ensuring our products...
by Chris Broome | May 15, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades
Since Draper made that first window shade back in 1902, there have been a lot of changes in the industry. Over the years new materials lead to a wider variety of products to fit different needs, and improved the look of window shades. Shades are no longer just those...
by Amy Madden | May 13, 2015 | Draper Updates
This week’s Why Draper subject is Randy Reece. Randy is our AV Regional Sales Manager for Southern California, Southern Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii. Randy’s relationship with Draper is interesting, because of his background growing up and living here in Indiana—and...
by Amy Madden | May 8, 2015 | Houses of Worship
I recently read an interesting article by Anthony Coppedge titled, AVL Safety Needed in Churches. This article spoke to me on two topics in particular. First of all, it brought to mind the use of lifts, specifically our scissor lift, for installed projectors in very...
by Terry Coffey | May 4, 2015 | Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Screen Technology
A seam in a projection screen viewing surface has never been a popular subject, but it has been a fact of life for virtually every screen manufacturer (and their customers) for decades. Although Draper has improved on our seaming techniques over the years, we recently...
by Chris Broome | May 1, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades
Some window shade fabrics are greener than others. Over the past few years, several PVC-free window shade fabrics have been introduced. However, these fabrics often don’t perform as well or last as long as fabrics with PVC. Recently there have been developments to...