Albany International Corp. (AIN)
Paper machine clothing and aerospace composites maker. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 27, 2026. Ranked 191 of the 222 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
16%
End of 2028
34%
Employees, annual report
5,700
Leading staffing pattern
Fabric Mills
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now16%
- End of 202728%
- End of 202834%
- End of 203036%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 55%
- Becomes checking a model's work 37%
- Handed over with lighter checks 5%
Albany International’s approximately 5,700 employees, 2,400 in the U.S., weave paper machine clothing and 3D woven aerospace composites, split by description.
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 16% now, 28% at the end of 2027, 34% at the end of 2028, 36% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 36% desk work, 11% people work and 53% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 55% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 37% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
5,700 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Approximately 2,400 of 5,700 employees are in the U.S., by the filing.
The filing: “At our company, we are proud to employ approximately 5,700 people across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. In the U.S., our headcount is approximately 2,400 employees.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric Mills | 55% | By description (c): paper machine clothing, woven and engineered fabrics for paper making, 60% of revenue, the SIC 2221 broadwoven fabric business, fabric mills; no count by segment. |
| Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing | 45% | By description (c): engineered composites, 3D woven composite parts for aircraft and engines, 40% of revenue, aerospace parts, more people per dollar than the fabric plants. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 5,700 employees across North America, South America, Europe and Asia, 2,400 in the U.S.; 28% female; no union count stated.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Fabric Mills, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Magnera Corp (MAGN, 8,500 employees)16% now, 25% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
2 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI twice: AI used with a partner on product carbon footprints, and AI in cyber threats.
- “This includes working with our partner on Product Carbon Footprints, leveraging AI to accelerate insights.”
- “The use of emerging technologies by organized cyber criminals, such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing, has increased the range of security threats faced by the Company.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20231median 1
- Fiscal 20241median 4
- Fiscal 20252median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 5,700 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 5,400 | 2025-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 5,600 | 2024-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 4,100 | 2023-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 4,100 | 2022-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 4,000 | 2021-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 4,600 | 2020-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 4,400 | 2019-03-14 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 4,400 | 2018-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 4,400 | 2017-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 3,900 | 2016-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 4,000 | 2015-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 4,100 | 2014-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 4,000 | 2013-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 4,300 | 2012-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 5,000 | 2011-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 4,700 | 2010-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 5,800 | 2009-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 1,250 | 2008-02-29 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 1,200 | 2007-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 1,100 | 2006-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 1,100 | 2005-03-10 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 1,100 | 2004-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 1,110 | 2003-03-21 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 1,050 | 2002-03-22 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 1,200 | 2001-03-26 | 10-K |
| 1999-12-31 | 1,000 | 2000-03-21 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-12-31 | 1,000 | 1999-03-19 | 10-K |
| 1997-12-31 | 1,000 | 1998-03-13 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-31 | 900 | 1997-03-14 | 10-K |
| 1995-12-31 | 900 | 1996-03-26 | 10-K |
| 1994-12-31 | 900 | 1995-03-17 | 10-K405 |
| 1993-12-31 | 900 | 1994-03-23 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by segment; the split follows the segments’ revenue by description.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-012906, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Albany International Corp.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 16% now and 34% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Albany International Corp.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Albany International Corp. employ?
- 5,700 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 42% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Albany International Corp.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Fabric Mills; by those patterns the work is about 36% desk work, 11% people work and 53% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Albany International Corp.'s annual report say about AI?
- 2 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 1, 1 and 2 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 19, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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