Mar 20, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. In order to strengthen its presence in the Asia Pacific region, Walki Group, producer of protective packaging materials and technical laminates, announces changes in its Group Executive Team (GET) effective as from May 1. Walki also makes an adjustment in its business area structure, as the company informed Lesprom Network. Ari Rinkinen, currently Vice President Marketing and Sales Network, is appointed Vice President Asia Pacific. He will be located at Walki’s Changshu plant, Shanghai, China, and he will continue to report to Leif Frilund, CEO of the Walki Group. As a result of this change, Rinkinen’s present responsibilities will be handed over in the following way: In addition to his present duties, Arno Wolff, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Paper Packaging, will become responsible for the Walki Group global sales network, and David Ingham, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Consumer Board, will become responsible for Walki Group marketing activities. "These changes reflect our efforts to seek growth despite the global economic downturn. With our plant in China we are well positioned to serve the fast growing Asia Pacific region and to benefit from the increasing demand for extrusion coated products", says Leif Frilund, Walki’s President and CEO. Walki Group produces wrappings for the paper and metal industries, food and consumer packaging materials, decorative and functional laminates, barrier liners for solid and corrugated packaging, composite materials for the insulation and construction industries as well as technical papers. Walki Group operates production units in Finland, Germany, Poland, the U.K., China and Sweden.