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RFID Helps ZF Speed Transmission Shipments The German auto parts supplier is using passive UHF tags to improve inventory accuracy and just-in-time delivery, and is now considering expanding the system to achieve even greater visibility of parts containers.

Fluensee Purchases TrenStar By acquiring TrenStar, the RFID asset-tracking software provider gains inroads into software-as-a-service, as well as the company's RFID-enabled distribution service for beer kegs and other containers.

Xterprise Rolls Out IT Asset-Tracking Solution The system, which combines software and EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID hardware, is designed to serve a rapidly growing demand.

Ko-RFID Tackles RFID Business Collaboration Processes Supported by Germany's Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the project hopes to address the challenges companies face when sharing information collected via RFID.

Premier Tells Medical Device Makers to Adopt GS1 Supply Chain Standards The hospital purchasing alliance wants medical devices to be tracked by Global Trade Item Number and Global Location Number, which could make it easier for the health-care sector to implement RFID technology.

Chemical Maker Exax Expands Into RFID The South Korean company plans to produce HF and UHF antennas and inlays, as well as convert them into RFID tags, labels and tickets, initially focusing on the Asia Pacific market.

Norwegian Food Group Nortura to Track Meat The company's IT subsidiary, Matiq, is teaming with IBM to deploy a system that uses RFID to track meat from the slaughterhouse to the store.

SimplyRFID Upgrades Its Service By Upgrading Its Tag The logistics and security services provider has switched to Avery Dennison AD-224 RFID inlays to increase read range, data storage and security.

U.S. Defense Department to Host Conference Track at EPC Connection 2008 New sessions at EPCglobal NA's fifth annual event, being held Oct. 14-16 in Chicago, will highlight the DOD's successful EPC projects and help educate its suppliers about the benefits of using EPC RFID technologies.

ThingMagic Raises $9.5 Million CEO Tom Grant says the latest round of funding will help the company continue to develop custom RFID solutions and UHF passive-tag readers for specific applications.