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Contingencies (Schedule of Changes in Claims) (Details) (Asbestos Litigation [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 claims | Dec. 31, 2014 claims | Dec. 31, 2013 claims | Dec. 31, 2012 claims | Dec. 31, 2011 claims | Dec. 31, 2010 claims | Dec. 31, 2009 claims | Dec. 31, 2008 claims | Dec. 31, 2007 claims | Dec. 31, 2006 claims | Dec. 31, 2005 claims
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening Number of Claims | 3,821 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 4,299 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 4,463 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 4,446 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 5,170 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 8,945 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 18,385 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 18,798 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 19,416 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 24,451 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 29,411 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
Claims Dismissed, Settled, or Resolved | 22 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber | 625 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber | 230 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber | 90 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber | 789 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber | 3,963 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber | 9,482 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber | 523 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber | 808 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber | 6,841 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber | 6,257 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber
New Claims | 14 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber | 147 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber | 66 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber | 107 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber | 65 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber | 188 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber | 42 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber | 110 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber | 190 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber | 1,806 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber | 1,297 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber
Closing Number of Claims | 3,813 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 3,821 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 4,299 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 4,463 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 4,446 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 5,170 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 8,945 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 18,385 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 18,798 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 19,416 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber | 24,451 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
Amounts Paid (thousands) to Settle or Resolve ($) | $ 69 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments | $ 437 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments | $ 78 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments | $ 530 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments | $ 1,111 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments | $ 159 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments | $ 88 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments | $ 52 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments | $ 15 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments | $ 3,879 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments | $ 504 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments
Brandon Drying Fabrics, Inc. [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening Number of Claims | 7,730 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 7,815 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 7,867 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 7,877 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 7,869 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 7,907 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 8,664 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 8,740 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 9,114 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 9,566 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 9,985 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember
Claims Dismissed, Settled, or Resolved |  | 87 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 55 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 12 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 3 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 47 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 760 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 86 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 462 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 1,182 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 642 us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember
New Claims |  | 2 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 3 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 2 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 11 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 9 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 3 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 10 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 88 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 730 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 223 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember
Closing Number of Claims | 7,730 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 7,730 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 7,815 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 7,867 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 7,877 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 7,869 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 7,907 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 8,664 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 8,740 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 9,114 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember | 9,566 us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ain_BrandonDryingFabricsIncMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember
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