FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   BOAS ANDREW M 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/10/2011 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC [XRM] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CARL MARKS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, 900 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10022-4775 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share 1,520,830 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BOAS ANDREW M C/O CARL MARKS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC 900 THIRD AVENUE, 33RD FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10022-4775	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Andrew M. Boas		08/16/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The Reporting Person is one of three individual managing members of Carl Marks Management Company, LLC ("CMMC"), a Delaware limited liability company and registered investment adviser, which is the investment adviser to (i) Carl Marks Strategic Investments, L.P. ("CMSI"), a Delaware limited partnership and private investment partnership, and (ii) Carl Marks Strategic Opportunities Fund, L.P. ("CMSO"), a Delaware limited partnership and private investment partnership. CMSI GP, LLC ("CMSI GP"), a Delaware limited liability company, is the general partner of CMSI, and Carl Marks GP, LLC ("CMSO GP"), a Delaware limited liability company, is the general partner of CMSO.
(2)	As of August 10, 2011, CMSI and CMSO were owners of, in the aggregate, 1,520,830 shares of Common Stock (476,408 of such shares are held by CMSI and 1,044,422 of such shares are held by CMSO), which may be deemed to be beneficially owned (i) indirectly by CMMC, as the investment adviser to CMSI and CMSO; (ii) indirectly by CMSI GP, as the general partner of CMSI, and CMSO GP, as the general partner of CMSO, respectively; and (iii) indirectly, on a shared basis, by the Reporting Person and the two other individual managing members of CMMC, the investment adviser to CMSI and CMSO, who share the power to direct the vote or disposition of such securities. CMMC and the three individual managing members of CMMC have filed statements pursuant to Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the securities of the Issuer that they may be deemed to beneficially own.
(3)	The Reporting Person's indirect interest in the securities reported herein (if any) is limited to his pecuniary interest in CMSI and CMSO (if any).

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