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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000819793-25-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AIN"
cik: "0000819793"
company_name: "ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T21:48:55.354338+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albany International to close Ballo, Italy facility, transfer production to Merone

## Summary
- Albany International Italia Srl will initiate consultations to discontinue manufacturing at Ballo, Italy.
- Production transferred to a Merone, Italy facility owned by affiliate Industrie Tessili Bresciane Srl.
- Impacted employees offered transfer, separation, or outplacement assistance; sales/service teams unaffected.
- Costs not reasonably estimable until consultations conclude; disclosure to follow when determined.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000819793-25-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AIN
- cik: 0000819793
- company_name: ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/819793/000081979325000002/0000819793-25-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/819793/000081979325000002/ain-20250214.htm

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