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<span style="color: #333333;">We would like to thank all West employees in Germany for their commitment and hard work during this year&rsquo;s West without Borders charitable campaign. More than 16,000 Euro was raised and presented to the three selected organizations&mdash;</span><a href="http://pferde-staerken-online.de/index.html"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Kids auf Trab</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">, </span><a href="http://zwischenuns-filzbluete.de/filzbluete/"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Zwischen Uns e.V.</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> and </span><a href="http://fortschritt-aachen.de/"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">FortSchritt St&auml;dteregion Aachen e.V.</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">&mdash;during a closing ceremony on September 24.</span>

West&#39;s Global Communication Team

There are clear gaps in understanding in the market of combination products. A major one was highlighted at a recent workshop sponsored by West. A survey showed that <em>over 20% of attendees were not aware of the considerations needed to build a control strategy. </em>

Fran DeGrazio

Chief Scientific Officer

West is pleased to announce the launch of our newly designed Integrated Solutions interactive webpage. After months of hard work and dedication, we are delighted to offer this dynamic page to help deliver insightful and meaningful content to our customers with an improved user experience.

Shari Krusniak

Director, Marketing, Contract Manufacturing & Integrated Solutions

<p><strong>Trend #1 &ndash; Particulate, particulate, particulate</strong></p><p>This industry buzzword of the last few years is not going anywhere in 2015. Particulate reduction will continue to be the area of focus for all container closure systems, including the traditional vial/stopper/seal combination. For glass and elastomer manufacturers, the emphasis will be on reducing foreign material in the manufacturing process through enhanced gowning and environmental controls, elimination of sources of cellulose, equipment maintenance, and placing increased pressure on their raw material suppliers. Pharmaceutical companies will need to evaluate if older components will meet the modern particulate requirements of the market.</p>

West&#39;s Technical Customer Support Team