Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

VC's Bet Big on Alien

Monday, August 18, 2003

Backers of RFID chips banking on Alien concept

“The funding brings Alien’s total venture funding to $128 million to date. Much of that has been used to build the existing Morgan Hill plant, which will make about 1 billion RFID chips this year, says Alien CEO Stavro E. Prodromou. The company also recently got some $35 million in loans and grants from municipalities connected with its plans to build a new factory in North Dakota which will have capacity to churn out 20 billion tags annually. That gives the company some $73 million to execute on its ambitious business plan.”
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