albany international corporation, originally the albany felt company, is an industrial-goods company based in rochester, new hampshire, united states. it makes two different lines of products: machine clothing, in particular felts for use in paper manufacturing and textile processing; and composites used in the aerospace industry. its shares trade on the new york stock exchange under the ticker symbol ain.[6] it is included in both the sp 600 and the russell 2000 stock indices.[5]