It takes six weeks to make an Akubra, passing through 60 pairs of hands in the Kempsey factory. Hear from Production Manager Stephen Keir V who was born into the business. WA Labor cruises to ...

The iconic Australian brand Akubra hats moved to its Kempsey factory 50 years ago, however, the company started a century before.

Currently, the brand is still part of the Keir family, and products are made in Kempsey NSW, where the Akubra factory has existed since the 1970s. What is the perfect Akubra-style hat for me?

“There’s nothing fast fashion about it.” This week, Culina visited the Akubra factory in Kempsey, where each hat takes six weeks to make with 162 processes involved, for a heritage deep-div ...

Akubra CEO Natalie Culina leads a team of 120 people. Picture: Supplied Akubra Australia can’t make hats fast enough to keep up with demand. Picture: Supplied “The operation runs on a four-day ...

You don’t want to let them down.” That history stretches back to World War I when Akubra made slouch hats for the Australian Army. Last year in November, a rare turn in the road occurred when ...

Iron-ore billionaire Andrew Forrest’s family office has struck a deal to buy Australian hat maker Akubra Hats Pty Ltd., deepening the Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. founder’s ownership of local ...