Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of Changes in Intangible Assets and Goodwill) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 33,811	$ 39,081
Acquisition	8,918
Other Changes		0
Amortization	(4,452)	(4,842)
Currency Translation	299	(428)
Ending balance	38,576	33,811
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	178,217	182,124
Other Changes		0
Currency Translation		(3,907)
Ending Balance	180,181	178,217
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Including Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	178,217
Acquisition	5,982
Currency Translation	2,052
Ending Balance	186,251	178,217
Machine Clothing
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	65,441	68,329
Acquisition	0
Other Changes		0
Currency Translation	1,432	(2,888)
Ending Balance	66,873	65,441
Albany Engineered Composites
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	112,776	113,795
Acquisition	0
Other Changes		0
Currency Translation	532	(1,019)
Ending Balance	113,308	112,776
Heimbach Trade name
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0
Acquisition	5,982
Currency Translation	88
Ending Balance	6,070	0
AEC Trademarks and trade names
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	34	45
Acquisition	0
Other Changes		0
Amortization	(12)	(11)
Currency Translation	0	0
Ending balance	$ 22	$ 34
AEC Trademarks and trade names | Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization life in years	6 years	6 years
AEC Trademarks and trade names | Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization life in years	15 years	15 years
AEC Technology
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 3,884	$ 4,712
Acquisition	0
Other Changes		0
Amortization	(567)	(554)
Currency Translation	109	(274)
Ending balance	$ 3,426	$ 3,884
AEC Technology | Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization life in years	10 years	10 years
AEC Technology | Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization life in years	15 years	15 years
AEC Intellectual property
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization life in years	15 years	15 years
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 994	$ 1,077
Acquisition	0
Other Changes		0
Amortization	(83)	(83)
Currency Translation	0	0
Ending balance	911	994
AEC Customer relationships
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	28,899	32,527
Acquisition	0
Other Changes		0
Amortization	(3,480)	(3,474)
Currency Translation	66	(154)
Ending balance	$ 25,485	$ 28,899
AEC Customer relationships | Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization life in years	8 years	8 years
AEC Customer relationships | Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization life in years	15 years	15 years
AEC Customer contracts
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization life in years		6 years
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 0	$ 720
Other Changes		0
Amortization		(720)
Currency Translation		0
Ending balance		0
Heimbach Developed technology
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization life in years	9 years
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 0
Acquisition	8,918
Amortization	(310)
Currency Translation	124
Ending balance	$ 8,732	$ 0