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Navy, Marines Track Assets on Oahu Military warehouses at Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay are using EPC Gen 2 RFID to track inbound and outbound supplies and equipment.

Walgreens Opens RFID-Enabled Distribution Center The drugstore chain's DC in Anderson, S.C., has tagged 170,000 totes used to supply merchandise to 700 stores throughout the Southeast, enabling the company to prevent errors and streamline its shipping processes.

Taiwanese Company Unveils EPC Gen 2 Chip With 128-kbit Memory Favite says tags made with the IC will be available in early 2009, and that its RFID interrogator module supports the chip's large memory size.

Evigia Launches 433 MHz Active RFID Product Line The company's new EV3 product line includes seven transponders and three interrogators—all compliant with the ISO 18000-7 standard.

Terso Offers EPC-Enabled Medical Cabinets The company is providing a version of its enclosures that uses EPC Gen 2 technology to secure medications and medical devices, as well as to monitor inventory levels.

Metro Group, DHL to Roll Out RFID in France The rollout—which the companies claim is the largest French retail deployment—will provide Metro with a better understanding of shipment flow, while also helping reduce delays.

SkyeTek Offers Web-based RFID Software Platform The company's MetaFi suite of hosted applications allows manufacturers to track high-value products in retail establishments and perform business analytics from remote locations.

Precast Concrete Manufacturers Use RFID Companies like Phoenix Precast and E.F. Shea Concrete are using passive UHF tags to create an electronic quality-control trail and better manage their inventory.

Italian RFID Lab Gets Fashion-Forward The University of Parma facility is working with a number of clothing and accessory manufactures and retailers to stitch together the business benefits of RFID technology.

Researchers Work on Using RFID to Calculate an Item's Carbon Footprint The Bits to Energy Lab has developed a prototype system utilizing data collected via RFID to calculate an individual item's carbon footprint and display it on an RFID-enabled mobile phone.