EXHIBIT (31.1)CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TORULE 13A-14 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TOSECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Joseph G. Morone, certify that:

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|1. | I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Albany International
      Corp.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
        of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
        the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
        were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;                                     
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
        information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
        the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant
        as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;                                                        
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|4. | The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
        establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
        in Exchange Act Rules 13a15(e) and 15d15(e)) and internal
        control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a15(f)
        and 15d15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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|   | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
      such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
      to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including
      its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
      entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;               
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
      caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
      our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
      of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
      purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;                      
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|   | (c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
      controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
      the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
      of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                                
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|   | (d)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
      control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most
      recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case
      of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
      to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
      and
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|5. | The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based
        on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
        to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's
        board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):                                             
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|   | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
      design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
      process, summarize and report financial information; and                                                                                                                          
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|   | (b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
      or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
      control over financial reporting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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|Date: November 4, 2010 |   
|                       | By | /s/ Joseph G. Morone                 
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|                       |    | Joseph G. Morone                     
|                       |    | President and Chief Executive Officer
|                       |    | (Principal Executive Officer)        

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