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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. celebrated its 25th anniversary in Stolberg, Germany on September 12, 2015. It was a special occasion for all in attendance and a good opportunity for employees to get together away from day-to-day business operations.
Guests were welcomed by Plant Manager, Erik Classen who acknowledged the outstanding performance that all employees have made to the growth and success of the plant. Heino Lennartz, President, Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems, EU, stressed the team spirit that is unique to Stolberg and still prevails today. “We are celebrating not only a building but its people,” said Heino. “Shared values and collective responsibility has helped to grow the seeds that the founder of Pharma-Gummi, Hans Wimmer, planted many years ago.”
Fred McCleery, Vice President, Seals Operations travelled from Tampa, FL to address the crowd in German. In his speech he highlighted his long history and connection with the Stolberg plant, having managed the facility from 1997 through 2006. “It is like coming home to family,” said Fred when recalling his frequent visits.
Special guest, Mayor Tim Gruettemeier, underlined the importance of West as an innovative market leader in the business hub of Stolberg and remarked that he was impressed by the modern plant technology he saw when visiting the facility in March. Hans Wimmer, the founder of Pharma-Gummi, looked back on the historic milestones of the plant and is now pleased to see his “baby” thrive and prosper.
West traces its roots in Europe to 1960 when Hans Wimmer formed Pharma-Gummi in Vicht, Germany, with a vision to serve Europe’s pharmaceutical manufacturers with safe and reliable elastomer components. Pharma-Metall was founded in 1982 and moved into the new facility in Stolberg in 1990.
Since our Eschweiler’s site founding in 1960 as Pharma-Gummi, we have been helping to support our overall company mission to ensure the development and delivery of lifesaving, life-enhancing medicines for patients around the world. In the current COVID-19 pandemic, we have a special role to play: through these challenging times, vaccine developers have trusted West as a partner of choice to help protect their sensitive biomolecules. If you’ve ever been vaccinated, or if you or a loved one has ever needed to take an injected medicine, you’ve probably encountered a West product.
West hosted a dedication ceremony on September 17 to mark the start-up of its recently completed compression molding plant in the Shanghai Zhangjiang High-Tech Industrial Development Zone Qingpu Park in China. The new plant is adjacent to West’s injection molding facility.
The idea of establishing a rubber manufacturing company was born during a visit by the purchasing manager of the penicillin factory, Chemie Grunenthal in Stolberg. He asked whether I could produce rubber stoppers for penicillin bottles. I did some research and realized rubber stoppers were needed for lots of different types of medicine and there wasn’t currently a company specializing in this field.
West employees have forged a strong bond with many of the local organizations they support through the West without Borders fundraising initiative.
I retired from West in 2017. My West experience over my 34 years of being a team member left me with many fond memories and relationships that I still have today. West’s motto of integrity, strong work ethic and philanthropy aligned well for what I was looking for in a company when I joined in 1983.
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