Albany International, a leading advanced textiles and materials processing company, has reported that its German affiliate, Württembergische Filztuchfabrik K. Geschmay, plans to discontinue manufacturing operations at its press fabric manufacturing facility in Göppingen, Germany.

This planned action is driven by the continuing consolidation of paper industry customers in Europe, and the need to match the company’s paper machine clothing manufacturing capacity in Europe with the demands of our customers, so that customer sourcing is optimized, the company reports.

Göppingen plan

The Göppingen plan would be subject to applicable local law and would be implemented in accordance with it and in consultation with the Works Council.

The proposed action in Germany in no way reflects on the performance of the 52 affected employees, according to the manufacturer.

Changes ahead

Following completion of this planned action, the company’s European press fabrics manufacturing activities will now be centred in Halmstad, Sweden.

There will be no impact on the company’s other European machine clothing manufacturing operations. Its customers in Germany, and throughout Europe, will continue to receive world-class expertise and support in Product Application, Sales and Marketing, Service, and Research and Development from the same experienced Albany team.

Albany International

Albany International has two core businesses. Machine Clothing is the 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 20 plants in 11 countries, and employs 4,000 people worldwide.

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