Ownership Submission
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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  AIKEN DONALD P
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/11/2005
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC [XRM]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
05/05/2005
(Street)

WESTBOROUGH, MA 01581
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)

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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
AIKEN DONALD P
C/O XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
WESTBOROUGH, MA 01581
  X      

Signatures

/s/ Milap Patel, by power of attorney 05/11/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned

* 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).
 
Remarks:
As of the date hereof, the Reporting Person does not beneficially 

own any securities of the Issuer.  Immediately prior to the Issuer's 

contemplated initial public offering (the "Offering") described in 

Amendment No. 12 to the Issuer's Registration Statement on 

Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 

May 11, 2005 (the "Registration Statement"), pursuant to an 

Exchange and Redemption Agreement by and among the 

Issuer and the Reporting Person, as described in the 

Registration Statement, and assuming an initial public officering 

price of $12.00, the Reporting Person will transfer his equity 

interest in Xerium S.A., the indirect parent of the Issuer prior to 

the Offering, to the Issuer in exchange for 48,579 shares of the 

Issuer's Common Stock.  After the completion of the initial public 

offering, the Issuer will use proceeds from the offering to redeem 

9,022 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock from the Reporting Person.  

After such transactions, the Reporting Person currently expects to 

be the beneficial owner of 39,557 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock.

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