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Alien Technology Announces Milestone of 50 Million EPC Class 1 RFID Tags Shipped
Business Wire, April 11, 2005
MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- Alien Technology(R) today announced that the company has now shipped 50 million EPC Class 1 RFID tags. The Alien(R) RFID tags, which are manufactured using Alien's patented Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA(R)) technology, are widely deployed in a large percentage of Wal-Mart and DoD-related RFID implementations. Alien continues to lead the market in delivering reliable, high volume, low cost EPC tags.
"Alien is pleased to pass this milestone of 50 million tags delivered in response to the rapid pace of demand for tags in the RFID market over the last 12 months," said Keith McDonald, Sr.V.P. Sales & Marketing, Alien Technology. "We are continuing to build a strong pipeline of tag supply to meet escalating customer demand."
Alien delivers RFID tags to the market leading label converter partners including; The Kennedy Group, Paxar, NCR, Moore Wallace, Plitek, MPI, and CCL. As the industry leader in providing EPC compliant RFID tags and readers, Alien's extensive "Qualification Program" establishes the highest levels of confidence for performance and reliability of labels containing Alien tags.
About Alien Technology
Alien Technology Corporation is a leading provider of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products for global customers in government, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, transportation, and other industries. Using its patented manufacturing process, Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA(R)), Alien manufactures EPC tags in very high-volumes and at low cost. The company provides a family of RFID readers for a variety of applications including supply chain management, logistics, and anti-counterfeiting, to improve inventory management and reduce operating costs. Alien is an active member of EPCglobal. More information about Alien Technology Corporation can be found on the Company's website at www.alientechnology.com.
Alien, Alien Technology, Gen2 Ready, FSA, the Alien logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Alien Technology Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Copyright 2005 Alien Technology Corporation. All rights reserved
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