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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Medical devices Pharmaceuticals |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Headquarters | Exton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Key people | Eric M. Green(CEO since 2015) Silji Abraham(CDO since 2018)[1] Bernard J. Birkett(CFO since 2018)[1] Annette F. Favorite(CHRO since 2015)[1] Quintin J. Lai(Corporate Development, Strategy and Investor Relations since 2016)[1] George L. Miller(GC andCS since 2015)[1] David A. Montecalvo(COO andSCO since 2019)[1] Eric Resnick(CTO since 2016)[1] |
| Revenue | US$1,849.9 million(2019)[1] |
| US$296.6 million(2019)[1] | |
| US$241.7 million(2019)[1] | |
Number of employees | 8,200(2019)[1] |
| Website | westpharma |
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of injectable pharmaceutical packaging and delivery systems. Founded in 1923 by Herman O. West and J.R. Wike ofPhiladelphia, the company is headquartered inExton, Pennsylvania. In its early years of development, West produced rubber components for packaginginjectable drugs, providing a sterile environment for the producers ofpenicillin andinsulin.
West manufactures components and systems for injectabledrug delivery andplastic packaging, and delivery system components for the healthcare and consumer products markets.[2] In 2019, the company reportedUS$1,849.9 million in sales.[1]
On January 29, 2003, an accumulation of combustiblepolyethelene powdercaused an explosion at a West rubber-manufacturing plant inKinston, North Carolina.[3]
In 2005, West acquired The Tech Group, Scottsdale, Ariz.,[4] and Medimop Medical Projects Ltd., Ra’anana,Israel.[5]
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