West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. announced on March 9, 2026 that Eric M. Green has informed the Board of Directors that he plans to retire from his positions as Chief Executive Officer of the Company once his successor has been hired in order to ensure a smooth transition. The Board is engaging a leading executive recruiting firm to assist with the search for a successor and expects this transition to occur in the second half of 2026. Green has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of West since April 2015, and he became Chair of the Board in May 2022.
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. specializes in the design, manufacture and marketing of components and systems for the containment and delivery of injectable drugs. The group offers packaging, components for syringes, cartridge systems, auto-injection devices, accessories for vials, specialty components, etc. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- proprietary products (80.7%);
- - contract-manufactured products (19.3%).
At the end of 2024, the group had 21 production sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (42.5%), Germany (12.9%), Ireland (11.2%), France (8.4%), Europe (13.3%) and other (11.7%).
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