Oakdale Industries

Premium range timber products (from floorboards to chopping blocks!) by Tasmanians with disabilities

Oakdale Industries is a premier manufacturer and service-focused supplier of competitively priced timber products.

At Oakdale Industries, we’re all about providing the highest quality products and genuine service at the most realistic prices. Our state-of-the-art equipment and dynamic team enables us to respond to market demands and special client requests, working with all sizes and quantities of timber – from full-scale production to custom-made, non-standard pieces.

With an ever-growing list of local, national and international customers (timber merchants, wholesalers, builders and garden warriors), our product range includes:

Going Local

While the majority of our products are manufactured from Tasmanian Oak (hardwood) and Radiata Pine (softwood) we also boast a large range of Tasmanian minor species, including Blackwood, Myrtle, Celery Top Pine and Sassafras (Black Heart & White).

The OAK Tasmania Touch
What makes Oakdale Industries most unique is that the majority of our employees are Tasmanians living with disability. In fact, the business itself has evolved from OAK Tasmania’s pioneering commitment to serve and enliven those living with disability in the community. En route to empowering our team with practical tools and a real sense of purpose, we’ve managed to build, maintain and grow an extremely viable business – feeding any operating surplus back into the OAK Tasmania community.

Like the tree of our namesake, the fruit of our labor contributes to the whole forest… and WE LOVE IT.

With certified training programs in the areas of quality assurance and safety, and managers devoted to both premium production and positive, enriching experience for the team, Oakdale Industries thrives on a culture of respect, responsibility and reliability, while being celebrated for its consistency, diversity and uncompromising devotion to quality timber production.

It’s powerful stuff to see the team working with such a sense of purpose.  For many, it gives them a reason to get up in the morning and they feel like they are making a genuine contribution to the community – which they are!  Our heart and soul is to make sure our people have smiles on their faces at the end of the day. The fact that we do that by giving them a sense of purpose and learning skills while creating valuable products for a viable business… it’s a win-win for everyone… And one of the reasons I myself continue to look forward to work each day.

- John Hollis, Divisional Manager Oakdale Industries