Sales of PrimaLoft insulation products continued to grow in the first quarter of this year, up by 20.4 percent to $6.77 million, and they would have increased by a further seven percentage points if currency exchange rates had remained the same. PrimaLoft’s parent company, Albany International, booked a 17.8 percent increase in total sales to $251.9 million as compared to a year ago. Net income rose to $16.7 million, and it would have increased at a higher rate if exchange rates had remained the same.
