# Reliance Foundry Co. Ltd.

> Reliance Foundry is a Surrey, British Columbia-based supplier of bollards, bike parking, site furnishings, hardscape products, industrial wheels, and custom castings. Founded as a Vancouver foundry in 1925, it survived a factory fire, globalization, and near-bankruptcy by replacing local casting with a contract-manufacturing and stocked-product model, then pairing that supply chain with unusually deep technical documentation and online commerce for architects, contractors, municipalities, property managers, and businesses across North America.

- **Founded:** 1925
- **Headquarters:** Surrey, Canada
- **Founders:** Mike Engelbeen (Co-founder), Gerry Engelbeen (Co-founder), H. G. Ireland (Co-founder), Ray McDougall (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 51 employees in the supplied record; LinkedIn listed 51 associated profiles and a company-size band of 11-50 in 2026.
- **Products:** Bollards and post covers, Halvard crash-rated bollards, Vector storefront safety series, Bike parking, Site furnishings
- **Notable:** Survived a 1966 three-alarm fire and relocated from Vancouver to Surrey., Launched a company website in 1996, unusually early for a regional industrial manufacturer., Rebuilt after ending in-house casting in 2003 and temporarily shrinking to five employees.

## Products & services

- **Bollards and post covers** — Decorative, removable, retractable, flexible, lighted, security, and crash-rated products for access control, traffic management, asset protection, and streetscape design.
- **Halvard crash-rated bollards** — ASTM-certified fixed, removable, and shallow-mount vehicle barriers spanning low-speed storefront protection through higher-impact security applications.
- **Vector storefront safety series** — ASTM F3016 crash-rated bollards designed for 10, 20, and 30 mph storefront-impact scenarios, with fixed and removable options.
- **Bike parking** — Bike racks, bike bollards, and lockers for public and private sites; the locker line expanded through the 2014 purchase of Bike Box Canada.
- **Site furnishings** — Benches, waste and recycling receptacles, tables, planters, and related architectural furniture.
- **Hardscape** — Tree grates, trench grates, detectable warning plates, and related cast-iron components for urban sites.
- **Industrial wheels** — Stock and custom single-flanged, double-flanged, and flat-track steel wheels for mining, forestry, material handling, and other heavy-duty applications.
- **Custom casting solutions** — Design, alloy selection, casting-process guidance, sourcing, machining, finishing, testing, and delivery management through partner foundries.

## Achievements

- Survived a 1966 three-alarm fire and relocated from Vancouver to Surrey.
- Launched a company website in 1996, unusually early for a regional industrial manufacturer.
- Rebuilt after ending in-house casting in 2003 and temporarily shrinking to five employees.
- Won a Surrey Board of Trade Business Excellence Award in 2012.
- Entered the PROFIT 500 ranking of Canada's fastest-growing companies in 2016.
- Was a finalist in the 2016 Private Business Growth Awards run by Grant Thornton and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
- Marked 100 years in business in 2025 with a refreshed brand and sustainability program.
- Supplied products used at sites including Fenway Park, Oriole Park, Halifax Stanfield Airport, and New York's Maritime Hotel.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — The company continued weekly public education about vehicle-into-building incidents and promoted crash-rated storefront protection through LinkedIn.
- **2026-08** — Reliance promoted seasonal pricing on decorative bollards through August 30, 2026.
- **2025-10** — Product documentation identified the R-63XX Lightshow Connected hardwired LED bollard series for low-light sites.
- **2025-06** — Reliance celebrated its centenary with a new visual identity, the 100 Bollards for 100 Years campaign, and a veritree program targeting 10,000 trees in its first year.
- **2024-03** — Reliance launched the Halvard Collection of ASTM crash-rated bollards for public and asset protection.
- **2023-09** — Parmar Capital completed its acquisition of Reliance from Neenah Enterprises, returning the company to Canadian ownership.

## Links

- Website: https://www.reliance-foundry.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reliancefoundry
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RelianceFoundry
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RelianceFoundry
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reliancefoundry.co/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reliancefoundry

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Last updated: 2026-08-23