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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
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  ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/
  001-10026
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  ROCHESTER
  NH
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  Hansen Robert Alan
  Officer
  Class A Common Stock
  Georgeson Securities Corp.
  144 Fernwood Avenue
  Edison
  NJ
  08837
  1900
  192527.00
  31110892
  02/27/2023
  NYSE
  Class A Common Stock
  03/01/2018
  Long Term Incentive Plan Award
  Issuer
  N
  1900
  02/27/2023
  N/A
  Y
  02/27/2023
  Kathleen M. Tyrrell, Attorney-in-Fact