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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000891092-16-017258
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160908
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160908
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160908

FILER:

	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:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10026
		FILM NUMBER:		161875941

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		216 AIRPORT DRIVE
		CITY:			ROCHESTER
		STATE:			NH
		ZIP:			03867
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5184452200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		216 AIRPORT DRIVE
		CITY:			ROCHESTER
		STATE:			NH
		ZIP:			03867

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALBINT INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870924
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>September
8, 2016</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>ALBANY
INTERNATIONAL CORP.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(State or other jurisdiction</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Commission</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">File Number)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>03867</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Registrant&#8217;s telephone number, including area code&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(518)
445-2200</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt; text-align: center">(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report.)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 2pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt; width: 40.5pt">&#9744;</TD><TD>Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt; width: 40.5pt">&#9744;</TD><TD>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;<B>Item 5.02 <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8211;</FONT>
Election of Director</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On September 8, 2016, the Board of Directors
of Albany International Corp. (&#8220;Albany&#8221;) voted to elect A. William Higgins as a member of the Board. The Board also
elected Mr. Higgins to the Board Compensation Committee. A copy of Albany&#8217;s news release announcing Mr. Higgins&#8217;s election
is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Upon his election, Mr. Higgins entered into
an indemnification agreement with Albany, the form of which has been previously filed as Exhibit 10(t) to a Current Report on Form
8-K filed on April 12, 2006.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12.1pt 0 0"><B>Item 9.01<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> &#8211;</FONT>
Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12.1pt 0 0">(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is furnished herewith:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12.1pt 0 0">99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;News Release dated September
8, 2016.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By: <U>/s/ John B. Cozzolino</U></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Name: John B. Cozzolino</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0">Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Date: September 8, 2016</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Exhibit No.</U></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>&nbsp;<U>Description</U></B></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">99.1</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">News Release, dated September 8, 2016, issued by Albany International
        Corp.</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><U>Exhibit 99.1</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><BR>
&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 22pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; color: #999999"><B>NEWS RELEASE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 22pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; color: #999999"><IMG SRC="image_001.jpg" ALT="" STYLE="float: right; margin-top: -30pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>A.
William Higgins Elected to<BR>
Albany International Corp. Board</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>Rochester, New Hampshire, September 8, 2016
</B>&#8211; Albany International Corp. (NYSE:AIN) announced today that A. William Higgins has been elected to its Board of Directors.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Mr. Higgins, age 57, currently serves as a director
of Kaman Corporation, a diversified aerospace and industrial distribution company, and Bristow Group Inc., a leading global industrial
aviation services provider. Mr. Higgins serves as chairman of the Kaman board finance committee and is a member of the corporate
governance committee. From 2008 to 2012, he served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of CIRCOR International,
Inc., a global diversified supplier of fluid-control and related products and services for aerospace, energy, defense, manufacturing
and other applications. Prior to 2008, he held the offices of President and Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer of CIRCOR. Before joining CIRCOR in 2005, Mr. Higgins spent thirteen years in a variety of senior management
positions with Honeywell International and AlliedSignal.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Albany International Chairman Erland E. Kailbourne
said, &#8220;Bill&#8217;s experience as a COO, President and then CEO and Chairman of CIRCOR, as well as his prior experience at
Honeywell and Allied Signal, bring welcome added perspective on talent development, international operations and global strategic
development, lean manufacturing and continuous improvement processes, and the aerospace and defense industries. He is an ideal
addition to our Board, and I take great pleasure in welcoming him as a new Director.&#8221;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in; color: #002060"><B>Albany International
Corp.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: #002060">216 Airport Dr.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; color: #002060; text-indent: 0.5in">Rochester,
NH 03867 USA</P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in; color: #002060"><FONT STYLE="color: Blue"><U>www.albint.com</U></FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0.22in"><B>About Albany International Corp.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Albany International Corp. is a global advanced textiles and materials
processing company, with two core businesses. Machine Clothing is the world's leading producer of custom-designed fabrics and belts
essential to production in the paper, nonwovens, and other process industries. Albany Engineered Composites is a rapidly growing
supplier of highly engineered composite parts for the aerospace industry. Albany International is headquartered in Rochester, New
Hampshire, operates 22 plants in 10 countries, employs 4,400 people worldwide, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol
AIN). Additional information about the Company and its products and services can be found at <FONT STYLE="color: blue"><U>www.albint.com</U></FONT>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B># # #</B></P>

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