Exhibit 21 SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT

Affiliate	Percent Ownership		Percent Ownership		Country of Incorporation
	Direct		Indirect
Albany International Corp.					United States
Albany International Holdings Two, Inc.	100	%			United States
Albany International Research Co.	100	%			United States
Albany Engineered Composites, Inc.	100	%			United States
Geschmay Corp.	100	%			United States
Albany Dritek Corp.	100	%			United States
Albany Felt Company	100	%			United States
AIC Sales Corporation	100	%			United States
Transamerican Manufacturing, Inc.	100	%			United States
Transglobal Enterprises, Inc.	100	%			United States
47 Albany Troy Road Corporation	100	%			United States
Brandon Drying Fabrics, Inc.			100	%	United States
Geschmay Forming Fabrics Corp.			100	%	United States
Geschmay Wet Felts, Inc.			100	%	United States
Albany International Pty., Ltd.			100	%	Australia
Albany International Asia Pty., Ltd.			100	%	Australia
Albany Door Systems GmbH			100	%	Austria
SA Alfadoor NV			100	%	Belgium
Albany International Tecidos Tecnicos Ltda.			100	%	Brazil
Albany International Canada Corp.			100	%	Canada
Albany International (China) Co., Ltd.			100	%	China
Albany International Engineered Textiles (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.			100	%	China
Albany Door Systems A/S			67	%	Denmark
Albany International Oy			100	%	Finland
Albany Door Systems SAS			100	%	France
Albany International France, S.A.S.			100	%	France
AKTOR Industrietore GmbH			100	%	Germany
Albany Door Systems GmbH			100	%	Germany
Albany International Germany Holding GmbH			100	%	Germany
Albany International GmbH			100	%	Germany
Wurttembergische Filztuchfabrik D. Geschmay GmbH			100	%	Germany
Albany International Italia S.r.l.			100	%	Italy
Albany Nordiskafilt Kabushiki Kaisha			100	%	Japan
Albany International Korea, Inc.			100	%	Korea
Albany International de Mexico S.A. de C.V.	100	%			Mexico
Albany Door Systems B.V.			100	%	Netherlands
Albany International B.V.			100	%	Netherlands
Albany Door Systems Sp. zo.o.	100	%			Poland
Nevo-Cloth Ltd.			50	%	Russia
Beier Albany and Company (Proprietary) Limited	50	%			South Africa
Albany International S.A. Pty. Ltd.			100	%	South Africa
Albany Door Systems AB			100	%	Sweden
Albany International AB			100	%	Sweden
Albany International Holding AB			100	%	Sweden
Dewa Consulting AB			100	%	Sweden
Foretagshalsan Tre Hjartan AB			33.33	%	Sweden
Nordiska Maskinfilt Aktiebolag			100	%	Sweden
AI (Switzerland) GmbH			100	%	Switzerland
Albany Door Systems AG			100	%	Switzerland
Albany International Holding (Switzerland) AG			100	%	Switzerland
Albany International Europe GmbH			100	%	Switzerland
MDS Hareketli Kapi Sistemleri Sanayi ve Dis Ticaret Ltd. Sti.			60	%	Turkey
Albany International Ltd.			100	%	United Kingdom
James Kenyon & Sons Ltd.	100	%			United Kingdom
Loading Bay Specialists Limited			50	%	United Kingdom
Albany Engineered Composites, Ltd.			100	%	United Kingdom

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