West Pharma sets up packaging facility in SriCity.

West Pharma Packaging Pvt Ltd., a subsidiary of US-based pharma packaging firm West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., has announced launch of its manufacturing plant in SriCity, an integrated business city in Tada, Andhra Pradesh, as part of expanding its capacity for primary packaging for injectable medicines.

'This investment is important to our strategy of partnering with customers in India and the Asia Pacific region to help them provide medicines to patients more efficiently, reliably and safely,' said Warwick Bedwell, president, Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems, Asia Pacific Region.

'With the facility complete, we anticipate a reduction in lead times for supply to our customers in India. By leveraging our global sourcing activities and process engineering expertise, we expect to be able to carefully manage the overall costs of production,' he said. The company has its presence in the Asia Pacific market with a plant in Singapore, two plants in Qingpu, China and sales offices in Australia, China, India and Singapore.

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