AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN SEC FORMS 3 AND 4 AND
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES (FORM 144)


The undersigned, as an officer and/or director of
Albany International Corp., a Delaware corporation
("the Company"), hereby authorizes CHARLES J. SILVA,
JR., JOSEPH M. GAUG AND KATHLEEN M. TYRRELL, and
each of them with full power to act without the
others, to sign and file, or cause to be filed,
on behalf of the undersigned, any forms and other
documents, including without limitation, Forms
3 and 4 or any other forms hereafter substitute
therefor, required or permitted to be filed by
the undersigned pursuant to Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or rules or regulations promulgated
thereunder, and Notice of Proposed Sale of
Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act of 1933.

The authorization of a person named above shall
automatically terminate at such time as such
person ceases to be an employee of the Company.
The undersigned may terminate the authorization
of any such person at any time by delivering
written notice of termination to the Company.




Date  July 24, 2006
/s/ Robert Alan Hansen