Restructuring

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring

5. Restructuring

MC restructuring charges include expenses for the first three months of 2019 and 2018 related to discontinued operations at its MC production facility in Sélestat, France. In 2018, the plan was approved by the French Labor Ministry which led to restructuring expense of $8.1 million in the first three months of 2018 for severance and outplacement costs for the approximately 50 positions that were terminated under this plan. In the first quarter of 2019, restructuring charges were $0.4 million. Since 2017, we have recorded $12.1 million of restructuring charges related to this action.

AEC restructuring charges include expenses for the first three months of 2019 and 2018 related to work force reductions in AEC locations in Salt Lake City, Utah and Rochester, New Hampshire. The restructuring charges for the first three months of 2019 and 2018 include expenses of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

The following table summarizes charges reported in the Consolidated Statements of Income under “Restructuring expenses, net”:

	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2019	2018
Machine Clothing	$401	$8,352
Albany Engineered Composites	83	221
Corporate expenses	-	-
Total	$484	$8,573

Three months ended March 31, 2019	Total restructuring costs incurred	Termination and other costs
(in thousands)
Machine Clothing	$401	$401
Albany Engineered Composites	83	83
Corporate expenses	-	-
Total	$484	$484

Three months ended March 31, 2018	Total restructuring costs incurred	Termination and other costs
(in thousands)
Machine Clothing	$8,352	$8,352
Albany Engineered Composites	221	221
Corporate expenses	-	-
Total	$8,573	$8,573

We expect substantially all of Accrued liabilities for restructuring at March 31, 2019 will be paid within one year. The table below presents the year-to-date changes in restructuring liabilities for 2019 and 2018, all of which related to termination costs:

	December 31,	Restructuring		Currency	March 31,
(in thousands)	2018	charges accrued	Payments	translation /other	2019
Total termination and other costs	$5,570	$484	($876)	$23	$5,201

	December 31,	Restructuring		Currency	March 31,
(in thousands)	2017	charges accrued	Payments	translation /other	2018
Total termination and other costs	$3,326	$8,573	($2,051)	$25	$9,873