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Home / Business / Events / Draper Cuts Ribbon on 100,000-Square-Foot Facility Addition in Indiana

Draper Cuts Ribbon on 100,000-Square-Foot Facility Addition in Indiana

  • November 17, 2023
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On Thursday, December 16, Draper Inc. officially unveiled the tenth building at its manufacturing campus in Spiceland, IN, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring company leadership. The 100,000-square-foot building brings the amount of total space for the company to 500,000 square feet.

Draper Ribbon Cutting

“This building will add seven much-needed loading docks, and also storage and production space. It will enable us to add a new automated powder coating line,” said Chris Broome, who is the fifth generation of the family to serve as Draper president during its 121-year history. “But more important than our buildings are our people. We are proud that in our 121-year history, Draper has laid off zero employees. Draper currently has 723 employees, with a total of 7,680 years of service. One hundred and sixty-seven of our employees have passed the 20-year milestone. Twelve have been here for more than 40 years.”

Draper Ribbon Cutting New Addition

Founded in 1902 as a manufacturer of window shades for schools, Draper now makes motorized shading systems for the commercial and residential markets; AV projection screens and lifts; custom AV mounts and structures; and custom solar control solutions. Draper is also the largest architectural gym equipment manufacturer in North America.

The new building was added after several years of steady growth, and with the expectation of even more growth with the company’s entry as a major player in the residential shading market.

“We see a lot of good growth opportunities, and this building is going to allow us to continue to take care of and meet the needs of our customers,” Broome said. “Also, from a supply standpoint, we’ll be able to keep a better inventory of fabrics and other components, which will allow us to be more responsive to our customers’ needs.”

Broome expects the opening of Building 10 will create 25-30 new jobs in the short term. For more information, including images and video from the event, visit https://www.draperinc.com/linked/building-10-ribbon-cutting/.

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Residential Tech Today’s former executive editor Jeremy Glowacki is an editorial veteran with more than 20 years of professional experience with numerous publications. In 2000, he helped create and launch Residential Systems, a business and technology magazine for the custom integration business. He served as day-to-day editor of that title and content director of the CEDIA Daily, Systems Contractor News, and several other B2B titles until joining Innovative Properties Worldwide in 2018. Jeremy was named a CEDIA Fellow in 2012.
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