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Alien Technology® Expands SquiggleT Family of RFID Tags
September 13, 2005, Morgan Hill, CA — 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® 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.
"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."
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.
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.
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.
