AKD

  • Sawmill boss muses on big year

    AKD boss Shane Vicary sat down with the Colac Herald’s Jacob Traynor for an honest talk about how the producer and key employer performed in 2020, and how a boom in timber demand is keeping locals in jobs.  

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  • AKD contacts reclassified as tests come back negative

    AKD Softwoods has reopened a closed section of its Colac site and workers from self-isolation are returning to work following DHHS investigations.

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  • Tree planters in full swing getting pine in the ground

    Tree planting season is well underway in the Otways, as AKD staff plant pine trees that won’t be ready for harvest for 30 years.

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  • Week off for AKD’s mills

    AKD Softwoods’ chief has praised his staff and encouraged the community to support the housing industry, after the decision to close four of its six sawmills for one week due to a decline in market demand.

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  • Colac business acquires Gippsland sawmill

    Associated Kiln Driers Softwoods has officially taken ownership of the Yarram Sawmill in Gippsland after finalising the purchase with Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts.

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  • Colac company buys Queensland sawmill

    Colac’s Associated Kiln Driers Softwoods has finalised a deal with timber processor Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts and taken over ownership of a Queensland sawmill.

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  • District industries receive $4M boost

    COLAC businesses have received a boost after the Federal Government announced almost $4 million in grants to help create 40 new jobs for Colac and district.

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  • Workers’ cancer fundraiser exceeds $20,000

    COLAC AKD employees have raised more than $20,000 for a cancer charity by shaving or colouring their hair.

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