<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001767423-19-000004.txt : 20190225
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001767423-19-000004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190222
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190225
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190225

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			McCarvill Alice
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001767423

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10026
		FILM NUMBER:		19628380

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
		STREET 2:		216 AIRPORT DRIVE
		CITY:			ROCHESTER
		STATE:			NH
		ZIP:			03867

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:			1231

	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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    <periodOfReport>2019-02-22</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AIN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>McCarvill Alice</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>216 AIRPORT DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ROCHESTER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>03867</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Exec VP Human Resources</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Phantom Stock Units</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-02-22</value>
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            <transactionCoding>
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                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                    <value>3758</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2019-03-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Phantom Stock Units granted on February 21, 2019 pursuant to the Phantom Stock Plan.  Each Phantom Stock Unit entitles the holder to receive the cash equivalent of one share of Class A Common Stock at the time of vesting.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">752 Phantom Stock Units will be settled and payable each year on or about March 1, beginning March 1, 2019.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Kathleen M. Tyrrell, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-02-21</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  February 6, 2019

/s/ Alice McCarvill





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