For over a century, Akubra’s fine felt hats have ador ned and protected generations of Australians. The business started out as a small family operation in Tasmania in the 1870s, and now employs over 100 trades people and staff in Kempsey, NSW – manufacturing thousands of hats each week for distribution around Australia – and around the world. Crafted by hand from start to finish, Akubra ensures control of the complete production process in-house using the best fur-felt available, to achieve the highest quality standards in the textile industry.

Every Akubra hat is individually made from pure fur-felt (using no inferior wool or wool-blend felt), and passes through at least 70 sets of hands and more than 100 individual processes over an eight-week production period. The “felting” process creates a strong, interlocking matrix of fur fibr es – and that’s what makes Akubra hats so durable. Our manufacturing quality assurance standards exceed AS/NZS ISO 9003, which we primarily quote for the Department of Defence contracts for supply of Slouch hats, while our fur-felt hat range achieves an Ultraviolet Protection Factor of UPF 50+(Excellent).

Presenting and maintaining a unified, stylish image of school students to the broader community can be a real challenge, until you see the benefits that Akubra hats can bring – such as functionality and style, production flexibility, custom hatbands featuring your school’s crest and colours, and affordable durability. Combined with additional strengthening features unique to our school hat styles, the superior fur-felt used by Akubra reinforces its commitment to producing not only an exceptional-looking hat but one of the most durable.

Akubra Hats Pty Limited continues to grow as an Australianowned, 5th generation family business, manufacturing in Australia, for Australians and for all who value quality Australian-made product.