ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP.

ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP. is a publicly traded industrial goods company, originally founded as Albany Felt Company on March 8, 1895, in Albany, New York. Its current headquarters are in Rochester, New Hampshire, United States. The company's shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AIN. As of December 31, 2025, Albany International employed approximately 5,700 people worldwide and reported a trailing 12-month revenue of approximately $1.21 billion as of March 31, 2026, with a market capitalization of $1.77 billion as of May 8, 2026.

Albany International operates through two primary divisions: Machine Clothing and Albany Engineered Composites. The Machine Clothing division is a global producer of custom-designed consumable belts and engineered fabrics used in the manufacturing of paper, paperboard, tissue, towel, pulp, nonwovens, and other industrial applications. Albany Engineered Composites designs and manufactures advanced materials-based engineered components for demanding aerospace and defense applications, including parts for commercial and military aircraft such as the Boeing 787 and F-35 fighter jet, and components for jet engines.

Based on the provided patent litigation data, ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP. has one tracked case, appearing as a plaintiff in a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceeding. The case, ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP. v. VOITH PATENT GMBH, involves a challenge at the PTAB, which typically pertains to the validity of an existing patent. This posture indicates Albany International is an operating company actively engaging in the intellectual property system to assert or defend its patent rights, rather than a non-practicing entity.

The sole tracked case involves ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP. as the plaintiff against VOITH PATENT GMBH before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. This suggests Albany International is proactively challenging a patent owned by VOITH PATENT GMBH, likely an inter partes review (IPR) or similar validity challenge, which is common among operating companies seeking to clear the path for their products or reduce licensing risks.