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COMPANY NEWS
SnapSlide named People’s Choice Award
winner for Sustainability Innovation
won recently, with it winning AmeriStar awards
from the Institute for Packaging Professionals
(IOPP).
With a slide-to-open/close feature rather than
the conventional push-and-turn mechanics,
SnapSlide’s technology could be “life-changing”
for over 60 million Americans who have some
form of dexterity issues, like arthritis, fibromyal-
gia, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease.
Around 12 million people are either temporarily
napSlide LLC has been named the Peo- or permanently unable to use one of their arms
ple’s Choice Award winner for Sustain- or hands. These include amputees, stroke/pa-
Sability Innovation by the Plastics Industry ralysis patients, and those with congenital birth
Association (PIA). The Awards aim to highlight defects, all of whom struggle with conventional
those providing innovations in sustainable plas- pharmaceutical closures when it comes to open-
tics manufacturing with the aim of impacting the ing, dosing, and closing, with one arm.
global plastics industry. The packaging innova-
tions company’s child-resistant closure for pre- The packaging innovator’s solution is substan-
scription bottles, SnapSlide Rx, won the award. tially more popular regardless of dexterity is-
sues. In focus groups, almost 90% of consumers
Designed to improve access to medications for preferred SnapSlide to conventional amber vial
those with physical limitations and dexterity is- closures. Additionally, two-thirds said they would
sues, the SnapSlide Rx’s patented design also be more loyal to brands adopting SnapSlide and
provides sustainability benefits, using over 25% could switch to a competing brand with the solu-
less plastic compared to conventional Rx pack- tion.
ages. Additionally, the solution will ensure a 30%
improvement in efficiency in shipping and distri- “We are incredibly honoured to receive the
bution. People’s Choice Award for Sustainability Inno-
vation,” said Rocky Batzel, Inventor and CEO of
The general public voted for the People’s Choice SnapSlide. “This award not only validates the im-
Award, which featured dozens of nominations portance of accessibility in packaging but also
from companies all over the world. SnapSlide is underscores our commitment to reducing plastic
the first non-publicly traded company to win the waste while enhancing the user experience.”
award in the last three years. Additionally, this is
the third major award that the SnapSlide Rx has Source – Interplas insight
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