West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) 10-Q 2003 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32 (a)

         CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Quarterly Report of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2003 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Donald E. Morel, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)     The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D.
Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D.
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer

November 10, 2003