Albany, New York, USA, 28 January 2009 -- Albany International Corp. will release 2008 fourth-quarter and full-year financial results after the close of the market on 17 February 2009. The company will host a webcast to discuss earnings at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on 18 February.

Interested parties are invited to listen to the webcast via the company’s Investor Relations Web site at http://www.albint.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Web site at approximately noon on 18 February 2009.

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 6100 people worldwide. Additional information about the company and its businesses and products is available at www.albint.com.