UNITED STATES

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-K/A
(Mark one)

[x] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998

                                        OR

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
    EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _________to__________

Commission file number 0-15899

                                    WELLMAN, INC.
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

   1040 Broad Street, Suite 302
      Shrewsbury, New Jersey                                   07702
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(Address of principal executive                               (Zip Code)
 offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (732) 542-7300
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                                 Name of each exchange
  Title of each class                             on which registered
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  Common Stock,                                  New York Stock
  $.001 par value                                 Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None

   Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes   X    No
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   Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Rule
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to
the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]
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   Aggregate market value of the voting stock held by nonaffiliates of the
registrant, computed on the basis of $9.06 per share (the closing price of
such stock on March 15, 1999 on the New York Stock Exchange): $278,452,849.

   The number of shares of the registrant's Class A Common Stock, $.001 par
value, and Class B Common Stock, $.001 par value, outstanding as of March 15,
1999 was 31,325,962 and -0-, respectively.

                        DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

   1.  Proxy Statement for the 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before April 30,
1999) is incorporated by reference in Part III hereof.















































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                                SIGNATURES


   Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to the
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, on April 20, 1999.

                                     WELLMAN, INC.


                                     /s/ Mark J. Rosenblum
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                                     Mark J. Rosenblum
                                     Vice President













































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