West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. - WST- Profile

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is manufacturer of components and systems for injectable drug delivery, plastic packaging and delivery system components for the healthcare, personal care and consumer products markets. It has two reportable segments: Pharmaceutical Systems segment, designs, manufactures and distributes a variety of elastomer and metal components, generic and biopharmaceutical industries and manufacturer of pharmaceutical packaging components.Tech Group segment offers custom contract-manufacturing services that require precision plastic injection-molding and assembly. It also offers expertise in product design, including in-house mold design and construction, a quick-response center for development prototype tooling and high-speed automated assembly solutions. On 11-Feb- 2005, the Group acquired Monarch Analytical Laboratories inc, on 20-May-2005, The Tech Group, Inc and on 02-Aug-2005, 90% of the stock of Medimop Medical Projects, Ltd. Pharmaceutical Systems accounted for 76% of 2005 gross revenues and Tech Group, 24%