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Key facts
Counted staff
206
self-reported band not used
Founded
1955
71 years
Legal entities
None matched
Office countries
1
6 addresses
Funding rounds
None on record
Company type
Privately Held
self-reported
Description
Associated Kiln Driers Pty Ltd (trading as AKD) is a 100% Australian owned and operated integrated forestry and timber processing company with operations in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
AKD is distinctive amongst its key competitors for its reputation as a high quality producer, its exceptional customer service and its vertically integrated operations which comprise:
- Six sawmills processing in excess of 2,000,000m3 of sawlog per annum, providing over 1 million cubic metres of timber products annually
- Over 10,000 hectares of sustainably grown radiata pine plantations located in Victoria and South Australia
- Three post and pole preservation sites
- A softwood chip export operation based in Geelong
- Multiple treatment sites
- NSW Distribution Centre
Building an excellent reputation on its quality, service and flexibility, AKD has a wide range of products, and an end to end planning process that enables products to be made to order and dispatched on its own truck fleet, to customers across Australia.
As a regional employer, AKD plays an active part in supporting a variety of local community activities and sees its employees as the vital ingredient in its past and future success.
Since its founding, AKD has continually made significant investments to ensure long term growth and prosperity. AKD has grown its business over the long term, by building a stable foundation. This solid foundation includes stable ownership, long term customer relationships, long term log contracts, and its own plantations and multiple state of the art processing facilities.
These foundations are constantly being enhanced by continual reinvestment in the business, plant expansions, plantation growth, employee development and the latest processing, automation, scanning and optimisation technology.
AKD is proud of its 60-year history, still operating on the site on which it was founded in Colac, Victoria in 1955 by an association of local family companies.
Specialties
All 1 specialty
- Integrated Forestry and Timber Processing
Locations
Country footprint
Show as table · Offices in 1 country
| Countries | 1 |
|---|---|
| Primary country | AU |
All codes: AU
Addresses
- AU108 Bromfield St; Colac, Victoria 3250Primary
- AU7-15 Forest Street; Colac, Victoria 3250
- AU2 Flinders Pde; North Lakes, Queensland 4509
- AU191 Yarram-Morwell Rd; Yarram, Victoria 3971
- AU13 Henzell Rd; Caboolture, Queensland 4510
- AU135-165 Adelong Rd; Tumut, New South Wales 2720
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People & contacts
4 employee profiles on record · names withheld.
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FAQ
How many people work at AKD?
206 counted staff profiles at January 2026. The brand's self-reported band sits above that count and is not published as a headcount.
Where does AKD have offices?
Six addresses on record, Australia only. Primary: 108 Bromfield St, Colac, Victoria 3250.
Has AKD raised funding?
None linked to this brand.
What does AKD list as its specialties?
One tag on the brand's own list, among them Integrated Forestry and Timber Processing.
Which companies are listed alongside AKD?
29 profiles list AKD as a peer — 99th percentile in Wholesale Building Materials. It lists ten peers of its own. OneFortyOne and Chameleon - Smarter World list it back.