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                            FORM S-8

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       Wellman, Inc.                      
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                                04-1671740     
(State or other jurisdiction of                I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                Identification No.

         1040 Broad St., Suite 302, Shrewsbury, NJ       07702
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)             (Zip Code)


    Wellman, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
                    (Full title of the plan)

                        Thomas M. Duff
  Wellman, Inc., 1040 Broad Street, Shrewsbury, NJ  07702
            (Name and address of agent for service)

                          (201) 542-7300                        
 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                        with a copy to:

              Christine M. Marx, Edwards & Angell
        2700 Hospital Trust Tower, Providence, RI  02903

              Calculation of Registration Fee
                                                                
                             Proposed   Proposed
Title of                     maximum    maximum
securities                   offering   aggregate   Amount of
to be          Amount to be  price per  offering    registration
registered     registered    share*     price*      fee
                                                                

Common Stock,  600,000       $25.875    $15,525,000 $5,353.02
$.001 par      shares
value
                                                                

* Based on the average of the high and low prices of the 
Company's Common Stock reported on June 6, 1994.

Pursuant to Rule 429 of the rules and regulations of the 
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the 
Prospectus contained herein relates also to Registration 
Statement No. 33-44876.

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Part I, Items 1-2; Part II, Items 4-7, 9.

    This Registration Statement relates to 600,000 additional 
shares of Wellman, Inc. (the "Company") Common Stock that may 
be issued pursuant to the Wellman, Inc. Employee Stock 
Ownership Plan and Trust (the "Plan").  The contents of the 
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 
33-44876) relating to the Plan is hereby incorporated by 
reference.

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                            PART II

           INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

    There are incorporated herein by reference the following 
documents:

    1.   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 
         ended December 31, 1993, as filed with the Commission 
         pursuant to the Exchange Act.

    2.   The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the 
         quarter ended March 31, 1994, as filed with the 
         Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.

    3.   The Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as 
         amended, which incorporated by reference the 
         description of the Company's Common Stock contained in 
         the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, 
         filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities 
         Act.

    4.   All other documents filed by the Company or the Plan 
         pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 
         Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus 
         and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 
         which indicates that all securities offered hereby 
         have been sold or which deregisters all securities 
         then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be 
         incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and 
         such document shall be deemed to be a part hereof from 
         the date of filing of such document.

    Any statement contained in this Prospectus or in a document 
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein 
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of 
this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein 
or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is 
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or 
supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or 
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or 
superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

    Any person receiving a copy of this Prospectus may obtain, 
without charge, upon request, a copy of any of the documents 
incorporated by reference herein, except for the exhibits to 
such documents.  Written requests should be mailed to 
Audrey Goodman, Wellman, Inc., 1040 Broad Street, Suite 302, 
Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702.  Telephone requests may be 
directed to Ms. Goodman at (908) 935-7312.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

    4     -   Wellman, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and 
              Trust (Exhibit 4(a) of the Company's Registration 
              Statement No. 33-44876 is hereby incorporated by 
              reference)

    5     -   Opinion of Edwards & Angell re: legality

    23(a) -   Consent of Ernst & Young

    23(b) -   Consent of KPMG Stokes Kennedy Crowley

    23(c) -   Consent of Edwards & Angell (included in 
              Exhibit 5)

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                   SIGNATURES AND AMENDMENTS

    Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes 
the President or the Vice President-Chief Financial Officer of 
the Registrant, or any one of them, to execute in the name of 
each person, and to file, an amendment or amendments to this 
Registration Statement, which amendment may make such other 
changes in this Registration Statement as said officer or 
officers so acting deem(s) advisable.

                           SIGNATURES

    Registrant:  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities 
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable 
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for 
filing of Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration 
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, 
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Shrewsbury, State of 
New Jersey, on June 10, 1994.

                                  WELLMAN, INC.


                                  By /s/Thomas M. Duff          
                                       Thomas M. Duff
                                       President


    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following 
persons in the capacities indicated on June 10, 1994.

Signatures                        Title


/s/ Thomas M. Duff                President, Chief Executive
    Thomas M. Duff                Officer and Director


/s/ Keith R. Phillips             Vice President, Chief
    Keith R. Phillips             Financial Officer and 
                                  Treasurer (Principal 
                                  Financial Officer)


/s/ Mark J. Rosenblum             Vice President-Controller
    Mark J. Rosenblum             (Principal Accounting Officer)


                                  Vice President and Director
    C. W. Beckwith


/s/ Peter H. Conze                Director
    Peter H. Conze


/s/ Richard F. Heitmiller         Director
    Richard F. Heitmiller


/s/ Jonathan M. Nelson            Director
    Jonathan M. Nelson


/s/ James E. Rogers               Director
    James E. Rogers


/s/ Roger A. Vandenberg           Director
    Roger A. Vandenberg


/s/ Allan R. Dragone              Director
    Allan R. Dragone


/s/ Raymond C. Tower              Director
    Raymond C. Tower

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                         EXHIBIT INDEX
                               TO
                        WELLMAN FORM S-8


Exhibit No.   Exhibit Description                          Page

 4            Wellman, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership
              Plan and Trust (Exhibit 4(a) of the
              Company's Registration Statement No.
              33-44876 is hereby incorporated by
              reference)

 5            Opinion of Edwards & Angell re: legality

23(a)         Consent of Ernst & Young

23(b)         Consent of KPMG Stokes Kennedy Crowley

23(c)         Consent of Edwards & Angell (included in
              Exhibit 5)
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                            FORM S-8

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       Wellman, Inc.                      
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                                04-1671740     
(State or other jurisdiction of                I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                Identification No.

         1040 Broad St., Suite 302, Shrewsbury, NJ       07702
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)             (Zip Code)

    Wellman, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
                    (Full title of the plan)

                        Thomas M. Duff
  Wellman, Inc., 1040 Broad Street, Shrewsbury, NJ  07702
            (Name and address of agent for service)

                          (201) 542-7300                        
 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                        with a copy to:

              Christine M. Marx, Edwards & Angell
        2700 Hospital Trust Tower, Providence, RI  02903

              Calculation of Registration Fee
                                                                
                             Proposed   Proposed
Title of                     maximum    maximum
securities                   offering   aggregate   Amount of
to be          Amount to be  price per  offering    registration
registered     registered    share*     price*      fee
                                                                

Common Stock,  600,000       $25.875    $15,525,000 $5,353.02
$.001 par      shares
value
                                                                

* Based on the average of the high and low prices of the 
Company's Common Stock reported on June 6, 1994.

Pursuant to Rule 429 of the rules and regulations of the 
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the 
Prospectus contained herein relates also to Registration 
Statement No. 33-44876.
Part I, Items 1-2; Part II, Items 4-7, 9.

    This Registration Statement relates to 600,000 additional 
shares of Wellman, Inc. (the "Company") Common Stock that may 
be issued pursuant to the Wellman, Inc. Employee Stock 
Ownership Plan and Trust (the "Plan").  The contents of the 
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 
33-44876) relating to the Plan is hereby incorporated by 
reference.
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                            PART II

           INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

    There are incorporated herein by reference the following 
documents:

    1.   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 
         ended December 31, 1993, as filed with the Commission 
         pursuant to the Exchange Act.

    2.   The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the 
         quarter ended March 31, 1994, as filed with the 
         Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.

    3.   The Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as 
         amended, which incorporated by reference the 
         description of the Company's Common Stock contained in 
         the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, 
         filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities 
         Act.

    4.   All other documents filed by the Company or the Plan 
         pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 
         Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus 
         and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 
         which indicates that all securities offered hereby 
         have been sold or which deregisters all securities 
         then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be 
         incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and 
         such document shall be deemed to be a part hereof from 
         the date of filing of such document.

    Any statement contained in this Prospectus or in a document 
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein 
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of 
this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein 
or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is 
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or 
supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or 
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or 
superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

    Any person receiving a copy of this Prospectus may obtain, 
without charge, upon request, a copy of any of the documents 
incorporated by reference herein, except for the exhibits to 
such documents.  Written requests should be mailed to 
Audrey Goodman, Wellman, Inc., 1040 Broad Street, Suite 302, 
Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702.  Telephone requests may be 
directed to Ms. Goodman at (908) 935-7312.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

    4     -   Wellman, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and 
              Trust (Exhibit 4(a) of the Company's Registration 
              Statement No. 33-44876 is hereby incorporated by 
              reference)

    5     -   Opinion of Edwards & Angell re: legality

    23(a) -   Consent of Ernst & Young

    23(b) -   Consent of KPMG Stokes Kennedy Crowley

    23(c) -   Consent of Edwards & Angell (included in 
              Exhibit 5)
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                   SIGNATURES AND AMENDMENTS

    Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes 
the President or the Vice President-Chief Financial Officer of 
the Registrant, or any one of them, to execute in the name of 
each person, and to file, an amendment or amendments to this 
Registration Statement, which amendment may make such other 
changes in this Registration Statement as said officer or 
officers so acting deem(s) advisable.

                           SIGNATURES

    Registrant:  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities 
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable 
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for 
filing of Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration 
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, 
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Shrewsbury, State of 
New Jersey, on June 10, 1994.

                                  WELLMAN, INC.

                                  By /s/Thomas M. Duff          
                                       Thomas M. Duff
                                       President

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following 
persons in the capacities indicated on June 10, 1994.

Signatures                        Title

/s/ Thomas M. Duff                President, Chief Executive
    Thomas M. Duff                Officer and Director

/s/ Keith R. Phillips             Vice President, Chief
    Keith R. Phillips             Financial Officer and 
                                  Treasurer (Principal 
                                  Financial Officer)

/s/ Mark J. Rosenblum             Vice President-Controller
    Mark J. Rosenblum             (Principal Accounting Officer)

                                  Vice President and Director
    C. W. Beckwith

/s/ Peter H. Conze                Director
    Peter H. Conze

/s/ Richard F. Heitmiller         Director
    Richard F. Heitmiller

/s/ Jonathan M. Nelson            Director
    Jonathan M. Nelson

/s/ James E. Rogers               Director
    James E. Rogers

/s/ Roger A. Vandenberg           Director
    Roger A. Vandenberg

/s/ Allan R. Dragone              Director
    Allan R. Dragone

/s/ Raymond C. Tower              Director
    Raymond C. Tower
EXHIBIT INDEX
                               TO
                        WELLMAN FORM S-8

Exhibit No.   Exhibit Description                          Page

 4            Wellman, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership
              Plan and Trust (Exhibit 4(a) of the
              Company's Registration Statement No.
              33-44876 is hereby incorporated by
              reference)

 5            Opinion of Edwards & Angell re: legality

23(a)         Consent of Ernst & Young

23(b)         Consent of KPMG Stokes Kennedy Crowley

23(c)         Consent of Edwards & Angell (included in
              Exhibit 5)