Alien Technology expands agreement with SATO

Staff -- Supply Chain Management Review, 3/27/2008 7:00:00 AM

RFID company, Alien Technology, has expanded it RFID reseller and systems integration agreement with SATO America, a company that provides barcode printing, labeling and automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) services. “We continue to see growth for UHF RFID and as a result, we have expanded our product offering in include complete RFID integration solution services with tags and readers from Alien Technology,” says Mike Beedles, director of integration services and development at SATO America. “As part of our expanded relationship with Alien Technology, SATO now offers our supply chain customers access to Alien’s portfolio of Squiggle tags, powered by the Alien H2 chip.” He notes that SATO will also provide integration services to Alien’s customers.

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