Both companies also are united through their respective strategic alliances with Manhattan Associates, also announced today by Printronix. (See the press release, “Printronix Joins Manhattan Associates Team on “RFID In A Box” Solution.”) Alien Technology and Manhattan Associates announced their strategic partnership in June. All three companies are expected to work together to support complementary technologies and roll out total RFID solutions to the supply chain.

Printronix’s smart label developer’s kit is backed by Printronix’s reputation of having the most advanced bar code quality and verification solutions on the market. The kit includes Printronix’s PrintNet® Enterprise, a Web-enabled remote network print management system that provides instantaneous visibility to every network printer and allows users to simultaneously configure an unlimited number of Printronix printers. This edition of PrintNet Enterprise also supports the additional RFID encoder capabilities.

“Our companies are keenly focused on bringing better RFID solutions to the market,” said Tom Pounds, vice president of corporate development and product strategy, Alien Technology. “Coupling Alien’s pioneering RFID tags with Printronix’s bar code quality and verification solutions is an opportunity for customers to gain significant visibility to and momentum within their supply chains. Together, our companies are building real business solutions that will become benchmarks in the supply chain.”