Ralph Humble founded Humble Manufacturing Company Ltd. in 1950. Ralph was a former British Columbia Telephone Company technician with experience in electronics and sheet metal. He used his knowledge of fabrication and telecommunications to meet a market demand, and he started creating mobile radio-telephones and other specialty telephony equipment.

To put it mildly, humble beginnings. Humble Manufacturing Company was established in 1950 on Canada's west coast, operating out of a modest wooden structure in Vancouver.