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| Company type | Private, venture-funded |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electronics manufacturing |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | UHF RFID devices |
Number of employees | 235 (August 2010) |
| Website | www.alientechnology.com |
Alien Technology, founded in 1994, is a manufacturer of RFID technology. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California,[1] having the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the Dayton , Ohio area, and sales offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. As of August 2010, Alien employs approximately 235 people. Alien produces (EPC) Class 1 and Class 1 Gen 2 RFID inlays, tags, and readers designed for use in manufacturing lines, warehouses, distribution centers, and retail stores.[2][3][4]
History
[edit]The company was founded in 1994 by John Stephen Smith.[5]
Products
[edit]Due to potential applications in a wide variety of mass-produced electronic devices, the company received funding and technical support from a number of other manufacturers, such as DuPont Displays and Philips Components. The company has established relationships with Walmart, the United States Department of Defense, The Gillette Company, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Unisys, VeriSign, Dublin, Manhattan Associates, Microsoft, The Kennedy Group, Nashua Corporation, NCR Corporation, Zebra Technologies, and Paxar.[citation needed]
Products from Alien Technology are as follows;[6]
- Handheld RFID Reader
- Fixed RFID Readers
- RFID Antennas
- RFID Inlays
- Accessories
References
[edit]- ^ "Alien Technology - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations". www.cbinsights.com. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ "Alien Technology(R) and SOTI Bring Advanced Automation and Orchestration Capabilities to Alien Android RFID Handhelds". Yahoo Finance. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
- ^ "Alien Technology® Awarded GS1 EPCglobal Test Center Accreditation Certificate". Market Wire. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
- ^ "Alien Technology Corp - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ^ "Alien Technology raises $35M to make RFID tags for the Internet of things". VentureBeat. 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "ALIEN TECHNOLOGY". rfid4ustore.com. Retrieved 2023-07-06.