Who We Are
Family Owned & Operated
Wiepke “Whip” Lycklama founded Whip’s Carpentry in Burlington, Ontario in 1981 as a display manufacturer for a national cookie company. In 1995, Whip and his son, Mike Lycklama, partnered with Neil Balter of Organizers Direct Industries to produce closet, garage, and other home organization systems.
Still family-owned and operated, Whip's Carpentry now operates a total of 130,000 square feet of manufacturing space serving over 300 authorized ODI dealers across Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Cayman Islands.
1981
Year of Establishment
300+
Active Customers
150
Employees
2
Manufacturing Facilities
Our Company
Two North American Manufacturing Plants
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Having two redundant factories, one on each side of the continent, allows us to better serve customers across the US and Canada.
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Canadian Factory
Located outside of Toronto in Burlington, Ontario, our Canadian factory currently accounts for approximately 80% of our production. The operation consists of a 71,000-square-foot manufacturing facility with multiple CNC machines as well as a sizable offsite warehouse.
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US Factory
At 57,000 square feet, our US factory in Phoenix, Arizona currently serves most of our Southwestern US customers and is expanding quickly.
Our Mission
Crafting a Better World
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Our customers will value the high level of integrity and quality that we put into all of their products.
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Our suppliers will appreciate the long term relationships we build in exchange for competitive pricing and service excellence.
Our employees will take pride in working in a safe and healthy environment with fairness and equity being the cornerstone of the relationship.