type public traded as nyse wst industry medical devices pharmaceuticals founded 1923 headquarters exton pennsylvania united states key people eric green ceo revenue us 1.192 billion 2011 1 operating income us 109.6 million 2011 1 net income us 75.5 million 2011 1 number of employees 6 300 2011 website www.westpharma.com west pharmaceutical services inc. is a designer and manufacturer of pharmaceutical packaging and delivery systems . founded in 1923 by herman o. west and j.r. wike of philadelphia the company is headquartered in exton pennsylvania . in its early years of development west produced rubber components for packaging injectable drugs providing a sterile environment for the producers of penicillin and insulin . contents 1 overview 2 manufacturing plants 2.1 asia pacific 2.2 europe middle east 2.3 north america 2.4 south america 3 references 4 external links overview edit west manufactures components and systems for injectable drug delivery and plastic packaging and delivery system components for the healthcare and consumer products markets . 2 west has been ranked a top workplace in the greater philadelphia area by philly.com in 2010 2011 and 2012 . 3 on january 29 2003 an accumulation of combustible polyethelene powder caused an explosion at a west rubber manufacturing plant in kinston north carolina . 4 in 2005 west acquired the tech group scottsdale ariz. 5 and medimop medical projects ltd. ra anana israel . 6 manufacturing plants edit asia pacific edit china qingpu west pharmaceutical packaging china co. ltd japan tokyo daikyo seiko ltd. unconsolidated affiliated company singapore jurong west pharmaceutical services singapore pte. ltd. europe middle east edit denmark horsens west pharmaceutical services danmark denmark roskilde west engineering denmark england bodmin west pharmaceutical services cornwall limited england st. austell west pharmaceutical services cornwall limited france le nouvion west pharmaceutical services france s.a. france normandy west pharmaceutical services normandie germany eschweiler west pharmaceutical services deutschland gmbh & co. kg germany stolberg west pharmaceutical services deutschland gmbh & co. kg ireland dublin the tech group ireland israel ra anana medimop medical projects ltd. serbia kovin west pharmaceutical services beograd north america edit arizona phoenix the tech group phoenix arizona scottsdale west corporate and engineering center arizona tempe the tech group tempe rockford the tech group tempe west florida clearwater west pharmaceutical services inc. florida st. petersburg west pharmaceutical services inc. indiana frankfort the tech group indiana m xico cuernavaca west pharmaceutical services m xico s.a. de c.v. aluplast west pharmaceutical services m xico s.a. de c.v. pharma tap west pharmaceutical services m xico s.a. de c.v. michigan walker the tech group michigan nebraska kearney west pharmaceutical services inc. new jersey washington west innovation concepts north carolina kinston west pharmaceutical services inc. pennsylvania jersey shore west pharmaceutical services inc. pennsylvania lititz west pharmaceutical services inc. pennsylvania upper darby west pharmaceutical services inc. pennsylvania williamsport the tech group puerto rico cayey the tech group puerto rico texas athens west advanced injection systems south america edit brazil s o paulo west pharmaceutical services brasil ltda . references edit a b c annual report 2011 pdf . west . retrieved 29 february 2012 . armstrong mike december 24 2010 . phillyinc comings and goings of local firms hqs . philly.com . retrieved 29 august 2014 . philly.com top workplaces . investigation digest dust explosion at west pharmaceutical services pdf . u.s. chemical and safety hazard investigation board . april 2005 . retrieved 2009 04 12 . thompson heather august 1 2005 . acquisition puts west pharmaceuticals and the tech group on same page . mddi online . retrieved 28 august 2014 . west pharmaceutical buys medimop for 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