ESSEN, Germany – Evonik has announced that Martin Welp has taken over as the Head of the Polyesters and Adhesive Resins product line from Thomas Wildt, as of Jan. 1, 2009.
 
Welp joined Evonik in 1999. After working in various areas of the company, he became Managing Director with operational responsibility for Evonik Colortrend B.V. in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Recently, Welp has had responsibility for the management of global marketing in the Colorants product line and the Polytrend business.