Company Recognized for Highest Honor for the Third Consecutive Year
ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2013--
Albany International Corp. (“the Company”) (NYSE:AIN) announced today
that it has been recognized by The Procter & Gamble Company (“P&G”) as
an “External Business Partner of the Year” for the third consecutive
year. Only 15 of P&G’s more than 82,000 suppliers and agencies received
this highest honor, which was presented at the October 23 P&G External
Business Partner Recognition Dinner. In addition, the Company received
its fifth consecutive Excellence Award from P&G.
Daniel Halftermeyer, President of Albany’s Machine Clothing business
segment, said, “The Albany team is extremely honored to receive this
prestigious recognition from Procter & Gamble. Our commitment first and
foremost is to deliver value to our customers through innovative
products, service, and solutions that exceed their expectations and
support their business goals. Everyone in our organization is intensely
focused on that commitment.”
The Company became a supplier to P&G in 1957 and the current partnership
was formalized in 1991. Albany International is an exclusive supplier to
a proprietary process related to the production of the P&G Charmin®,
Bounty® and Puffs® brands.
In selecting Albany International for this year’s award, P&G cited the
following achievements regarding the Company’s performance: consistently
acts as if P&G’s success determines their own; delivered total value
solutions (innovation, quality, cost) by actively finding ways to ensure
P&G Family Care’s competitive advantage; demonstrated strong commitment
to support P&G’s initiative pipeline by investing in new technology to
streamline operations and continuously improve quality, supply chain
time and business continuity; and provided a dedicated, highly capable
commercial and technical development team to ensure excellent
collaboration across all functions.”
About Albany International Corp.
Albany International is a global advanced textiles and materials
processing company, with two core businesses. Machine Clothing is the
world’s leading producer of custom-designed fabrics and belts essential
to production in the paper, nonwovens, and other process industries.
Albany Engineered Composites is a rapidly growing supplier of highly
engineered composite parts for the aerospace industry. Albany
International is headquartered in Rochester, New Hampshire, operates 19
plants in 11 countries, employs 4,000 people worldwide, and is listed on
the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol AIN). Additional information about
the Company and its products and services can be found at www.albint.com.
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Albany International Corp.
Investors:
John Cozzolino,
518-445-2281
john.cozzolino@albint.com
or
Media:
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Siegel, 603-330-5866
susan.siegel@albint.com