<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193974-14-000001.txt : 20140304
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193974-14-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140301
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140304
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140304

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000819793
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BROADWOVEN FABRIC MILS, MAN MADE FIBER & SILK [2221]
		IRS NUMBER:				140462060
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0218

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1373 BROADWAY
		CITY:			ALBANY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12204
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5184452200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1373 BROADWAY
		CITY:			ALBANY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12204

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALBINT INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870924

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			POLUMBO RALPH M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001193974

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10026
		FILM NUMBER:		14664010

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
		STREET 2:		1373 BROADWAY
		CITY:			MENANDS
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12204
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares distributed pursuant to an Annual Performance Bonus Award made under the Albany International Corp. 2011 Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares distributed pursuant to a Multi-Year Performance Bonus Award made under the Albany International Corp. 2011 Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Shares withheld to satisfy the tax liability in connection with the acquisitions described above.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes 1,735 shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Albany International Corp. 2003 Restricted Stock Unit Plan (the &quot;Restricted Stock Unit Plan&quot;). Each Restricted Stock Unit entitles the holder to receive the cash equivalent of one share of Class A Common Stock at the time of vesting or, in the event that the holder elects to defer payment, at such later time elected in accordance with the Restricted Stock Unit Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">19,889 Restricted Stock Units (plus related dividend units) vest on January 1, 2015; and 19,889 Restricted Stock Units (plus related dividend units) will vest on January 1, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Includes dividend units accrued on Restricted Stock Units on April 5, 2013, July 8, 2013, October 7, 2013 and January 8, 2014.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>Kathleen M. Tyrrell, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-03-04</signatureDate>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN SEC FORMS 3 AND 4 AND

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES (FORM 144)





The undersigned, as an officer and/or director of

Albany International Corp., a Delaware corporation

("the Company"), hereby authorizes CHARLES J. SILVA,

JR., JOSEPH M. GAUG AND KATHLEEN M. TYRRELL, and

each of them with full power to act without the

others, to sign and file, or cause to be filed,

on behalf of the undersigned, any forms and other

documents, including without limitation, Forms

3 and 4 or any other forms hereafter substitute

therefor, required or permitted to be filed by

the undersigned pursuant to Section 16(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as

amended, or rules or regulations promulgated

thereunder, and Notice of Proposed Sale of

Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the

Securities Act of 1933.



The authorization of a person named above shall

automatically terminate at such time as such

person ceases to be an employee of the Company.

The undersigned may terminate the authorization

of any such person at any time by delivering

written notice of termination to the Company.









Date  July 27, 2006

/s/ Ralph M. Polumbo





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