Albany International Announces Quarterly Earnings Release Date

Albany International Corp. (NYSE:AIN) will release 2008 third-quarter financial results after the close of the market on Monday, November 3, 2008. The Company will host a webcast to discuss earnings at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 4.

Interested parties are invited to listen to the webcast via the company’s Investor Relations website at http://www.albint.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the website at approximately noon Eastern Standard Time on November 4, 2008.

About Albany International Corp.

Albany International is a global advanced textiles and materials processing company. Its core business is the world’s leading producer of custom-designed fabrics and belts essential to the production of paper and paperboard. Albany’s family of emerging businesses extend its advanced textiles and materials capabilities into a variety of other industries, most notably aerospace composites, nonwovens, building products, and high-performance industrial doors. The Company is headquartered in Albany, New York, operates in 14 countries, and employs approximately 6,100 people worldwide. Additional information about the Company and its businesses and products is available at www.albint.com.