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 l994 and employs about 235 people worldwide. 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.
For more information on Alien, please visit
http://www.alientechnology.com
Avery Dennison Retail Information Services
Avery Dennison Retail Information Services brings to industry a powerful, global offering of information
management, brand identification and solution-enabling products. Brand identification products include
fashion-inspired woven and printed fabric labels, heat transfers and embellishments for tag-free labeling,
graphic tags, integrated bar code tags, leather and leather-like patches, sock bands, size
stickers . . . and more. Among the company's Information management products are RFID and bar code price
tickets, and carton and pallet labels; web-enabled order entry systems; and the InfoChain Express™ supply
chain management solution, which tracks purchase orders and assists users in meeting the US Customs'
24-hour Manifest Mandate. Solution enabling products include RFID printers and print/apply systems,
bar-code printers, heat-transfer bonders, molded plastic fastening and application devices,
anti-counterfeiting and diversion tools. The organization operates product ID ticketing centers and service
bureaus in 35 countries and maintains mature, highly reliable global distribution processes throughout Asia,
North and South America, Europe and Africa. Major markets include retail, apparel, softlines and hardgoods.
In June 2007, Avery completed its acquisition of Paxar Corporation, extending its
value in RFID. Paxar Corporation is a global leader in the identification and tracking
of consumer products worldwide. Paxar(R) products are used the world over by leading
apparel brands. Monarch(R) products are used by 90% of the top 100 U.S. retailers
and their supply chain partners to identify, track and price all varieties of consumer
goods. Paxar is a member of EPCglobal, the agency managing the emerging standards
for RFID.
For more information on Alien, please visit
http://www.ris.averydennison.com
Click Commerce
Click Commerce is a leading provider of on-demand supply chain management solutions for the extended enterprise. Through a partnership with Vue Technology, the companies offer an end-to-end, RFID-enabled solution, called the Intelligent Supply Chain. Click’s leading planning, warehouse management, and supply chain management solutions combined with Vue Technology’s unique state-of-the-art, item-level RFID technology provide companies an affordable alternative for their RFID investments. The Intelligent Supply Chain will allow businesses to realize the value of RFID, beyond compliance requirements. Click Commerce solutions enable companies including Alaska Airlines, BASF, Citibank, Delphi, Eastman Kodak Company, Jabil Global Services, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Pier 1, Ryder, SAP, and Verizon to coordinate and optimize business processes, accelerate revenue, lower costs, and improve customer service.
For more information about Click Commerce, please visit http://www.clickcommerce.com
IBM
IBM provides business transformation services and technology solutions for retailers and manufacturers across all segments. With an extensive worldwide network of professionals, IBM is uniquely qualified to provide consulting services and solutions to navigate today's complex global marketplace. Combining IBM's extensive retail integration experience and consulting services with Vue Technology's RFID solutions means that companies can cut costs, increase productivity and improve customer service-and they can do it with some of the most trusted and most innovative companies in retail.
Vue Technology has also achieved IBM Ready for Store Integration Framework (SIF) Validation. IBM Ready for SIF Business Partners have completed technical validation for their store application running on IBM's open standards-based middleware. This validation allows both IBM and Vue Technology to bring on-demand solutions to market more easily and to ensure these solutions meet specific industry needs.
For more information on IBM Retail Solutions, please visit http://www.ibm.com/industries/retail
Motorola (formerly Symbol Technologies)
Motorola (formerly Symbol Technologies), is a recognized worldwide leader in enterprise mobility,
delivering products and solutions that capture, move and manage information in real time to and from the
point of business activity. Symbol enterprise mobility solutions integrate advanced data capture products,
radio frequency identification technology, mobile computing platforms, wireless infrastructure, mobility
software and world-class services programs under the Symbol Enterprise Mobility Services brand. Symbol
enterprise mobility products and solutions are proven to increase workforce productivity, reduce operating
costs, drive operational efficiencies and realize competitive advantages for the world's leading companies.
For more information on Motorola, please visit http://www.symbol.com/products/rfid/rfid.html
Tag Company
TAG Company is a privately owned, leading provider of anti-shoplifting solutions, offering radio-frequency and acousto-magnetic detection systems, tags, and labels. In 2006 the company will secure more than 1 billion consumer products. As a natural extension of item-level in-store tagging, TAG provides Smart Tagging and Source Tagging solutions.
For more information on TAG Company, please visit http://www.tagcompany.com