Langley Concrete and Tile Ltd. was incorporated in 1961, sixteen years after being started in 1945 when Jacob Omelaniec began making well linings (tile) for his neighbours and other farmers in Aldergrove.
As his business grew he made a decision to move to Langley Prairie (now Langley City) in 1947 to continue expanding his production capabilities and to expand his market. With Jacob making the product and Nettie, his wife, helping and doing the books, business continued on with their two sons Mike and Sam helping out after school and on the weekends.
The plant in Langley, currently the site of the companies head office and a distribution yard for local customers, was expanded four times over the next ten years.
The untimely death of Mike in 2003 due to complications while being treated for lung cancer slowed the building process but in 2006 the highly productive and efficient ‘Superplant’ was commissioned.
The strength of The Langley Concrete Group lies in it’s employees. We currently employ 95 people at the Chilliwack plant and another 25 in Victoria at Lombard Precast. The company closed the Abbotsford and Langley production facilities but retained a distribution yard in Langley on the site of the Logan Ave. plant.
Current management has a philosophy of increasing market share by reducing costs and increasing production capabilities while investing in new forms and equipment to expand product capabilities. Investments made to protect position in the market, stream line production, and further product lines match a desire to be the most efficient concrete products manufacturer in B.C. and the Pacific Northwest.
Through the cooperation of our employees and the constant reinvestment of the shareholders the company is continuing to grow and progress with a culture of safety, enabling of employees and responding to the direct needs of customers.
The future of Pre-cast concrete products is strong and Langley Concrete Group is confident that through perseverance and hard work it will be able to satisfy the needs of both their customers and their employees.