POWER OF ATTORNEY



               The  undersigned hereby  authorizes and appoints  William G.

          Little  and Raymond  J.  Land,  and  each  of  them,  as  his/her

          attorneys-in-fact  to  sign  on  his/her behalf  and  in  his/her

          capacity  as a director of The West Company, Incorporated, and to

          file, the Company's  Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the  fiscal

          year ended  December 31,  1995 and  all amendments,  exhibits and

          supplements thereto.







          Date:  March 9, 1996               /s/   Tenley E. Albright, M.D.
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                                             Tenley E. Albright, M.D. 


          

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY



                 The undersigned hereby authorizes and appoints William  G.

          Little  and Raymond  J.  Land,  and  each  of  them,  as  his/her

          attorneys-in-fact  to  sign  on  his/her behalf  and  in  his/her

          capacity  as a director of The West Company, Incorporated, and to

          file, the Company's  Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the  fiscal

          year ended  December 31,  1995 and  all amendments,  exhibits and

          supplements thereto.



          Date:  March 9, 1996                     /s/   G. W. Ebright
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                                                   George W. Ebright


          

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


                 The undersigned hereby authorizes and appoints William  G.

          Little  and Raymond  J.  Land,  and  each  of  them,  as  his/her

          attorneys-in-fact  to  sign  on  his/her behalf  and  in  his/her

          capacity  as a director of The West Company, Incorporated, and to

          file, the Company's  Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the  fiscal

          year ended  December 31,  1995 and  all amendments,  exhibits and

          supplements thereto.



          Date:  March 9, 1996               /s/    George J.  Hauptfuhrer, Jr.
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                                             George J. Hauptfuhrer, Jr. 



          

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                 The undersigned hereby authorizes  and appoints William G.

          Little  and Raymond  J.  Land,  and  each  of  them,  as  his/her

          attorneys-in-fact  to  sign  on  his/her behalf  and  in  his/her

          capacity  as a director of The West Company, Incorporated, and to

          file, the Company's  Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the  fiscal

          year ended December  31, 1995  and all  amendments, exhibits  and

          supplements thereto.




          Date:  March 9, 1996                     /s/   L. Robert Johnson
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                                                   L. Robert Johnson


          

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                ----------------------



                 The undersigned hereby authorizes  and appoints William G.

          Little  and Raymond  J.  Land,  and  each  of  them,  as  his/her

          attorneys-in-fact  to  sign  on  his/her behalf  and  in  his/her

          capacity  as a director of The West Company, Incorporated, and to

          file, the Company's  Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the  fiscal

          year ended December  31, 1995  and all  amendments, exhibits  and

          supplements thereto.




          Date:  March 9, 1996               /s/   William H. Longfield
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                                             William H. Longfield 

  

          

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                                ---------------------



                 The undersigned hereby authorizes  and appoints William G.

          Little  and Raymond  J.  Land,  and  each  of  them,  as  his/her

          attorneys-in-fact  to  sign  on  his/her behalf  and  in  his/her

          capacity  as a director of The West Company, Incorporated, and to

          file, the Company's  Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the  fiscal

          year ended December  31, 1995  and all  amendments, exhibits  and

          supplements thereto.



          Date:  March 9, 1996                     /s/   J. P. Neafsey
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                                                   John P. Neafsey



       
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                ---------------------


                 The undersigned hereby authorizes  and appoints William G.

          Little  and Raymond  J.  Land,  and  each  of  them,  as  his/her

          attorneys-in-fact  to  sign  on  his/her behalf  and  in  his/her

          capacity  as a director of The West Company, Incorporated, and to

          file, the Company's  Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the  fiscal

          year ended December  31, 1995  and all  amendments, exhibits  and

          supplements thereto.




          Date:  March 9, 1996                     /s/   Monroe E. Trout
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                                                   Monroe E. Trout, M.D.


          

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                ----------------------

                 The undersigned hereby authorizes and appoints William  G.

          Little  and Raymond  J.  Land,  and  each  of  them,  as  his/her

          attorneys-in-fact  to  sign  on  his/her behalf  and  in  his/her

          capacity  as a director of The West Company, Incorporated, and to

          file, the Company's  Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the  fiscal

          year ended  December 31,  1995 and  all amendments,  exhibits and

          supplements thereto.



          Date:  March 9, 1996                     /s/   William S. West
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                                                   William S. West


          

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                 The undersigned hereby authorizes and appoints William  G.

          Little  and Raymond  J.  Land,  and  each  of  them,  as  his/her

          attorneys-in-fact  to  sign  on  his/her behalf  and  in  his/her

          capacity  as a director of The West Company, Incorporated, and to

          file, the Company's  Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the  fiscal

          year ended  December 31,  1995 and  all amendments,  exhibits and

          supplements thereto.



          Date:  March 9, 1996                     /s/   J. Roffe Wike, II
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                                                   J. Roffe Wike, II

          

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                ---------------------


                 The undersigned hereby authorizes and appoints William  G.

          Little  and Raymond  J.  Land,  and  each  of  them,  as  his/her

          attorneys-in-fact  to  sign  on  his/her behalf  and  in  his/her

          capacity  as a director of The West Company, Incorporated, and to

          file, the Company's  Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the  fiscal

          year ended  December 31,  1995 and  all amendments,  exhibits and

          supplements thereto.



          Date:  March 9, 1996               /s/   Geoffrey F. Worden
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                                             Geoffrey F. Worden

          

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                ----------------------


                 The undersigned hereby authorizes and appoints William  G.

          Little  and Raymond  J.  Land,  and  each  of  them,  as  his/her

          attorneys-in-fact  to  sign  on  his/her behalf  and  in  his/her

          capacity  as a director of The West Company, Incorporated, and to

          file, the Company's  Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the  fiscal

          year ended  December 31,  1995 and  all amendments,  exhibits and

          supplements thereto.



          Date:  March 9, 1996               /s/   Victor E. Ziegler
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                                             Victor E. Ziegler