Ralph M. Newman
Ralph M. Newman, a freelance writer with extensive experience in the elevator industry, has written for ELEVATOR WORLD over the years. Newman is a partner in Dott Communications, an internet development company and advertising agency with several clients in the field.
Elevator Safety Training Hits the Road
Bringing instruction directly to the jobsite Boelhouwer “It is our philosophy at AEG that all elevator accidents should be avoidable.” So states Mark Boelhouwer, president and CEO of American Elevator...
The Evolution of Elevator Cab Design
Columbia Elevator’s system and how its president sees the quickly changing cab market “In Europe, elevator cabs are simply a mode of transportation. In the U.S., they’re an art form,”...
Elevator Door Operators: Then and Now
Attendants of yesteryear have given way to high-tech, automated solutions. People of a certain age may remember when automobiles were started not electronically but manually, by turning a hand crank,...
Safety Has Been a Driving Force for Columbia Elevator from the Beginning
As our country wound down from World War II, the recently immigrated Blaiotta family suffered its own tragedy when its patriarch died in a 10-story fall while repairing a construction...
Columbia Elevator Sees Increasing Cab and Entrance Production
Demand for elevator cabs and entrances is on the rise, both for new equipment and modernization, according to Louis “L.J.” Blaiotta, Jr., president of Columbia Elevator. “In recent years, the...
Columbia Elevator’s XChangaCAB Responds to Current Environment
The company shifts its focus to answer the growing demand for cab modernizations. Find a need and fill it, as the saying goes. In the case of Columbia Elevator’s cab...
Columbia Elevator’s New Facility
A tour of the new Bridgeport, Connecticut, facility that opened in October 2011 by Ral Columbia Elevator officially opened its new 170,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing and logistical distribution center in Bridgeport, Connecticut,...
