# 292 - Can award winning packaging deliver both medicine and dignity to the user? SnapSlide does!

- Show: [People of Packaging](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging)
- Published: 2024-10-10
- Length: 30m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2024-10-10-292-can-award-winning-packaging-deliver-both-medicine-and-dignity-to-the-user-sn
- Listen: https://encase.substack.com/p/292-can-award-winning-packaging-deliver

## Summary

Rocky Batzel, CEO and inventor of Snapslide, and Chason Sordoni discuss their award-winning, one-handed accessible child-resistant closure designed for users with arthritis, amputations, or limited dexterity. They explain how the product eliminates torque and threads to save 25% plastic compared to conventional pill bottles, while maintaining safety standards. The team details their B2B sales model targeting pharmacies and distributors, with plans for Q1 production scaling, and highlights their recent Ameristar Award win from the IOPP.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2024-10-10-292-can-award-winning-packaging-deliver-both-medicine-and-dignity-to-the-user-sn#t=1) Introduction and Guest Backgrounds
- [3:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2024-10-10-292-can-award-winning-packaging-deliver-both-medicine-and-dignity-to-the-user-sn#t=222) The Origin Story: Mom's Struggle and Medical School
- [10:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2024-10-10-292-can-award-winning-packaging-deliver-both-medicine-and-dignity-to-the-user-sn#t=612) Product Mechanics: One-Handed Access and CR Safety
- [15:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2024-10-10-292-can-award-winning-packaging-deliver-both-medicine-and-dignity-to-the-user-sn#t=900) Market Strategy: B2B Sales and Pharmacy Distribution
- [18:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2024-10-10-292-can-award-winning-packaging-deliver-both-medicine-and-dignity-to-the-user-sn#t=1099) DFM and Sustainability: Threadless Design and Plastic Reduction
- [20:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2024-10-10-292-can-award-winning-packaging-deliver-both-medicine-and-dignity-to-the-user-sn#t=1251) Ameristar Award and IOPP Support
- [25:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/people-of-packaging/2024-10-10-292-can-award-winning-packaging-deliver-both-medicine-and-dignity-to-the-user-sn#t=1529) Broader Impact: Dignity, Visual Impairment, and Future Plans

## Topics

- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Retail, wholesale & distribution](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/retail-and-distribution)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Snapslide (product)
- IOPP (company)
- Ameristar Award (other)
- Pac Expo (other)
- Walgreens (company)
- CVS (company)

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