ABSTRACT
Albany International Corporation is an advanced textile
and materials processing company that was founded
in 1895. Headquartered in Albany, New York, the com-
pany employs approximately 3,500 people worldwide,
with manufacturing operations in fourteen countries
strategically located to serve global customers. The core
business of Albany International is custom-designed
and engineered fabrics and process belts, called paper
machine clothing (PMC), for the papermaking industry,
and Albany International is the world’s largest producer.
These consumable monofilament, multifilament, and
