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VTT Is Developing Printed Sensors Such technology could be used to make hybrid RFID tags that marry silicon RFID chips with printed sensors and antennas.

Turkish Municipality Using RFID to Track Its Vehicles A suburb of Istanbul is using UHF Gen 2 tags to track employee vehicles, and plans to extend its use of the technology to include security and payment applications.

Paz Energy Uses RFID for Fuel Security and Inventory Efficiencies The Israeli company is using a combination of RFID, GPS and GPRS from Hi-G-Tek to track fuel deliveries to gas stations and stores around the Middle Eastern country.

EPCglobal Director Says No Need to Wait for China to Officially Condone EPC The organization's global development director says the nation's new UHF RFID regulations mean global companies can now use EPC tags and readers to track Chinese-made goods throughout the supply chain.

DHL Express Steps Back from Internal Use of RFID The company's head of global customer service says DHL has no current plans to use EPC RFID labels to track packages, because the technology doesn't currently meet its requirements.

Metro Pushes Pallet Tagging The retailer has told its top suppliers they will need to put RFID tags on all pallets shipped to 180 Metro locations within Germany starting Oct. 1.

W.Va. Coal Mine Tests to Locate Workers During Emergencies The company is using active 2.4 GHz RFID tags to pinpoint miners working in a 3.5-mile series of tunnels.

RFID Payment Platforms Gaining Momentum At last week's CardTech 2007 payments industry conference, Visa, MasterCard and American Express provided updates on their RFID-enabled payments rollouts.

Metro Group Expands RFID Pilot in Asia The retailer's new Tag It Easy program with Checkpoint Systems will enable 30 Chinese suppliers to tag goods bound for Metro stores in Germany.

EPCglobal Hong Kong Wraps Two-Year, Multi-Company RFID Project The undertaking tested several EPCglobal standards and involved four pilots tracking goods with RFID as they moved across countries and oceans.