8-K

                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         Date of Report: August 2, 2004
                        (Date of earliest event reported)

                           ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                       0-16214                  14-0462060
(State or other jurisdiction           (Commission              (IRS employer
      of incorporation)                file number)          identification no.)

                      1373 Broadway, Albany, New York 12204
                                 (518) 445-2200
 (Address and telephone number of the registrant's principal executive offices)




Item 12. Other Events and Required FD Disclosure

On August 2, 2004, Albany International issued a news release announcing a
purchase of shares. A copy of the news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to
this report.

The information in this report shall not deemed to be "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be
incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document
filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except
as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.




                                    Signature

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.

                                              ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.

                                              By: /s/ Michael C. Nahl
                                                  ------------------------------
                                              Name: Michael C. Nahl
                                              Title: Senior Vice President
                                                     and Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 2, 2004



                                Index to Exhibits

Exhibit Number    Description of Document
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99.1              News release, dated August 2, 2004 issued by Albany
                  International Corp.

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                 Albany International Announces Stock Purchase


    ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albany International Corp.
(NYSE/PSE/FWB: AIN) announced today that it had purchased 1,489,943 shares of
its Class A Common Stock in a private transaction.  The purchase was made at
$28.87 per share, $1.05 per share less than the last reported trade on the New
York Stock Exchange prior to the time of the transaction.  The Company stated
that the authorization given by the Board of Directors for this purchase is
separate from the three-million-share authorization given in 1998, and that
management retains authority to purchase 553,100 shares under that
authorization.

    The shares acquired in the private transaction were purchased from trusts
related to the Purdy family.  Bruce B. Purdy, a trustee of the selling trusts,
is the father of Barbara P. Wright, a director of the Company.  A spokesman
for the Purdy family said that the sale resulted from family considerations
and did not reflect any lack of confidence in the future of the Company or in
its management.

    Albany International is the world's largest producer of paper machine
clothing and high-performance doors with manufacturing plants strategically
located to serve its customers throughout the world.  Additional information
about the Company and its businesses and products is available at
http://www.albint.com.



SOURCE  Albany International Corp.
    -0-                             08/02/2004
    /CONTACT:  Kenneth C. Pulver, Vice President-Corporate Communications,
+1-518-445-2214/
    /Web site:  http://www.albint.com/
    (AIN)

CO:  Albany International Corp.
ST:  New York
IN:  MAC
SU:  TNM