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 *   Gutierrez Thomas 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 __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President and CEO 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
Gutierrez Thomas C/O XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE WESTBOROUGH, MA 01581	  X	Â	  President and CEO	Â

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 397,326 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock,  317,861 of which will be issued to the Reporting Person's wife.  Accordingly, the Reporting  Person currently expects to be the direct beneficial owner of 79,465 shares of the Issuer's  Common Stock and an indirect beneficial owner of the 317,861 shares of the Issuer's  Common Stock issued to his wife.

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