Alien Technology

Alien Technology
Company type	Private, venture-funded
Industry	Electronics manufacturing
Founded	1994
Headquarters	San Jose, California, United States
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

The company was founded in 1994 by John Stephen Smith.^[5]

Products

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 the United States Department of Defense, The Gillette Company, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Zebra Technologies, and Paxar.^{[citation needed]}