Alien Technology® Expands Squiggle™ Family of RFID Tags; Adds New High-Performance Gen 2 and Specialized Gen 1 Tag Offerings to Market's Most Widely Adopted Line of Low-Cost RFID Tags

Business Wire, Sept 13, 2005

MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- Paving the way for customers to enjoy a smooth transition from EPC Gen 1 to Gen 2 RFID, Alien Technology today announced a significant expansion of its flagship Squiggle family of low cost RFID tags, including the addition of new EPC Class 1 Gen 2 and Gen 1 tag solutions that set new price/performance standards for a variety of applications. As all Alien(R) Squiggle tags share the same standard "squiggle" antenna design, Squiggle family customers are freed from having to extensively reengineer and re-qualify their tagging processes when taking advantage of new Gen 2 technology. E[acute accent]"Given our position as a leading supplier of Class 1 tags, customer investment protection combined with the ability to address a wide range of tagging requirements is of paramount importance to Alien," said Keith McDonald, Sr. Vice President, Alien Technology Corporation. "With the new additions to the Squiggle family, customers have a seamless and cost-effective migration path to higher levels of performance, including being able to leverage Gen 2 technology. All Squiggle tags meet the same exacting levels of reliability and enable customers to source from the industry's largest number of RFID label suppliers--thus maximizing the value of customer investments across current and future tagging needs." E[acute accent]More than 50 million Alien Squiggle tags have shipped since the family was launched in 2003, making them the market's most widely adopted Class 1 tags. The new additions to the Squiggle family include a high-performance Gen 1 tag and two high performance Gen 2 tags. The new Gen 1 tag, the ALL-9340, uses enhancements to the fundamental squiggle antenna design to deliver a high-performance, cost-effective solution for specialized applications such as the tagging of certain products containing metal and liquids. The ALL-9340, available now, joins the original ultra-low cost, general purpose ALL-9338 to round out Alien's Gen 1 Squiggle family offerings. E[acute accent]Alien's two new Gen 2 offerings include the ALL-9440 and the ALL-9460 "Omni-Squiggle" tags. The ALL-9440, a drop-in replacement for the ALL-9338 and ALL-9340 when implementing Gen 2 capabilities, sets the price/performance benchmark for Gen 2 tags and is optimized for most packaging applications, including the tagging of cases containing certain products with metal and liquid. Designed for difficult tagging and reading environments, the new ALL-9460 leverages the fundamental strengths of the Squiggle antenna in a highly orientation-insensitive design, making it an optimum solution for challenging case and pallet level tagging applications. Samples are currently available for the ALL-9440 and ALL-9460.

E[acute accent]About Alien Technology

E[acute accent]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.

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