RFID Standards Success: Alien Technology Products Pass EPCglobal Inc's Hardware ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ...13, 2004--Alien Technology Corporation, a leading global provider of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products, announced today its successful ...

... Alien Technology Corporation, a leading global provider of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products, announced today its successful participation in the EPCglobal Hardware Interoperability testing. The testing is part of an effort by EPCglobal Inc(TM) to document Electronic Product Code(TM)(EPC) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) hardware interoperability within the EPCglobal community. EPCglobal Inc, a joint venture of EAN International and the Uniform Code Council, Inc.(R)(UCC(R)), is a not-for-profit organization entrusted by industry to establish and support the EPCglobal Network(TM) as the global standard for real-time, automatic identification of information in the supply chain of any company, anywhere in the world. ...

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(R) manufactures EPC tags in very high-volumes and at low cost. The company also provides 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. EPCglobal Inc, a joint venture of EAN International and the Uniform Code Council, Inc.(R) (UCC(R)) is a not-for-profit organization entrusted by industry to establish and support the EPCglobal Network(TM) as the global standard for real-time, automatic identification of information in the supply chain of any company, anywhere in the world. The EPCglobal Network combines Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, existing communications network infrastructure, and the Electronic Product Code (a number for uniquely identifying an item) to enable accurate, cost-efficient visibility of information in the supply chain. The end result helps organizations be more efficient, flexible, and responsive to customer needs.