Arizon has one of the world''s largest RFID manufacturing facilities and is well positioned to service the dynamic Chinese market. This partnership brings together Arizon''s high-quality production capabilities with Alien''s high-performance products and experience in manufacturing.

     Customers will benefit from cost savings due to the proximity of the manufacturing facility, including lower cost of air-freight and better services as a result of being in the same time zone.

     "Alien''s extensive experience in manufacturing mass volumes of inlays and their market leadership position has helped Arizon ramp up production and supply quality products to the Chinese market within a very short period of time," said Mr. Hsu Yung-Daw, general manager, Arizon RFID Technology Co., Ltd. "RFID is experiencing rapid growth in China and, as a result of our partnership with Alien, we are ideally positioned to supply the demand for RFID technology."

     "China is an increasingly important market for Alien and we have responded to the Chinese government''s call to strengthen collaboration with local partners," said George Everhart, CEO of Alien Technology. "Working with local partners lets us manufacture closer to our customers enabling Alien to provide better services to them."

     Alien has a comprehensive range of ALR-9800 and ALR-9900 readers certified for China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore and Thailand.

About Arizon RFID Technology (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd

     Arizon is a wholly-owned subsidiary of YFY Group with a dedicated focus in manufacturing HF and UHF RFID inlays, tickets and cards and other form factors, both customized as well as standard solutions. Arizon is headquartered in Yangzhou, China.

About Alien Technology

     Founded in 1994, Alien Technology is a leading technology and product provider of UHF RFID Integrated Circuits (IC), tags, readers and professional services. Alien Gen 2 products, along with software solutions from partners, help solve business problems for customers to improve productivity, processes, security and asset tracking for closed-loop and supply chain systems. These solutions are currently implemented in industries such as consumer packaged goods, retail, manufacturing, transportation, airports and cargo logistics, government and defense, and more. 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. Quatrotec, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Alien Technology, is a specialized professional services and technology firm that provides complete solutions to meet the sophisticated requirements of the transportation industry. Alien''s facilities include corporate headquarters in Morgan Hill, CA; RFID tag manufacturing facility in Fargo, ND; the Alien RFID Solutions Center in Dayton, OH; Quatrotec''s offices at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO); and sales offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Alien is a member of EPCglobal.

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