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ETILUX Announces Value Added Solutions Provider Agreement for Alien Technology® RFID Products
June 14, 2005, Morgan Hill, CA - ETILUX, a leading European provider of data capture and label automation/dispensing/printing solutions, today announced an agreement with Alien Technology to resell Alien® RFID reader and tag products in the Benelux countries of Belgium, Luxemburg and The Netherlands. As an Alien value-added solution provider (VASP), ETILUX will market Alien products in conjunction with its vast line of labelling, product identification and data input solutions for industrial and semi-industrial marking applications.
"With standards now coming into place, we believe ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID technology will be rapidly adopted across the European Union and the world," said Didier Bonne of ETILUX. "Alien's technical leadership in the UHF RFID arena, along with their ability to produce cost-effective RFID tag implementations will benefit ETILUX's customers as our two companies bring leading edge RFID solutions to the Benelux countries."
"We are delighted to be partnering with such an innovative company as ETILUX, with its deep understanding of customers' data capture and identification requirements," said Andrew Berger, Vice President, International, Alien Technology Corporation. "ETILUX has a history of successfully bringing the latest technologies to bear on customer requirements in a demanding market, and we are confident of a long and mutually fruitful relationship as we continue to strengthen Alien's European presence."
About ETILUX
Based in Liege, Belgium, ETILUX is a major player in the European business supplies field. ETILUX is highly experienced in product identification solutions, offering complete labelling solutions (barcode and RFID) as well as labelling systems designed to handle variable data inputs. The company also supplies packaging-related products and manufactures and markets a wide range of standard self-adhesive labels for all kinds of printers. Other products include thermal and thermal transfer printers, barcode scanners and software, RFID hardware and a range of specialized, encapsulated UHF RFID tags.
About Alien Technology
Alien Technology provides UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products and services to customers in retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, defense, transportation and logistics, pharmaceuticals and other industries. Organizations use Alien's RFID products and services to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and security of their supply chains, logistics and asset tracking operations. Alien's products include RFID tags, RFID readers and related training and professional services. Alien's patented Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA) technology and related proprietary manufacturing processes are designed to enable the manufacture of high volume, low cost RFID tags.
Alien was founded in 1994. The company's facilities include: its corporate headquarters in Morgan Hill, CA; an RFID tag manufacturing facility in Fargo, ND; the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the Dayton, Ohio area, and sales offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Alien is a member of EPCglobal. More information about Alien is available at www.alientechnology.com.
Alien, Alien Technology, the Alien logo, Squiggle and FSA, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Alien Technology Corporation in the United States and other countries. Copyright 2007 Alien Technology Corporation. All rights reserved.
