ACTEGA Terra: Dr. Wolfgang Josten Appointed Managing Director

Dr. Wolfgang Josten, subsequent to his position as Managing Director of ACTEGA Colorchemie, will be appointed Managing Director of ACTEGA Terra, a company which belongs to ALTANA’s ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants division. In his new position Dr. Josten will look after the units Research and Development, Production, Quality Control, Finance and Administration.

As Chairman of the Management Board of ACTEGA Terra Jörg Eck will remain responsible for Sales and Marketing and keep his role as Global Segment Head Paper-based Packaging.

After a transition period during which Dr. Josten will hand over his activities at ACTEGA Colorchemie he will take over his new task per 1st July 2016 and head ACTEGA Terra together with Mr. Eck. Dr. Wolfgang Josten studied chemistry at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn, where he completed his studies with his doctorate in 1994. He started his career with Tego Chemie Service GmbH as lab manager. After five years he transitioned to Siegwerk Druckfarben, lastly as head of research and development for web offset printing inks. Before joining ACTEGA in 2013 Dr. Wolfgang Josten has been a member of the managing board of Epple Druckfarben AG from 2008 to 2012, responsible for purchasing, production and coloration.