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Ontario Sponsors RFID Seminar for Small and Midsize Enterprises To help educate Canadian SMEs about how they can use RFID technologies to remain competitive, the provincial government is sponsoring a preconference seminar, "RFID Technology: Small Investment for Big Benefits," at RFID Journal LIVE! Canada 2007.

Tagsys Introduces HF V2 Reader, Readying for Upcoming EPCglobal Tag Standard The interrogator can read and encode Icode and ISO 15693 tags but will be upgradeable to work with tags complying with EPCglobal's HF standard. Tagsys is also partnering with IBM to offer an HF start-up kit.

Europe's RFID Focus Moves to Implementation At RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2007, attendees and participants indicated the technology's adoption in Europe is on rise.

Food and Livestock Tagging Expected to See Bumper Gains The sector is expected to be the dominant RFID market by 2017, when sales of RFID tags for food and livestock are slated to reach $2.66 billion.

GS1 UK Launches Nationwide RFID Pilot The trial's purpose is to enable participants to share RFID-related data by means of applications based on EPCglobal's EPCIS standard.

RFID Journal, AIM Europe Produce Auto-ID Seminar At the third annual RFID Journal LIVE! Europe conference and exhibition, AIM Europe will host preconference sessions to educate attendees about a range of auto-ID topics, including how to use bar codes and RFID in tandem.

HP, Nosco, SupplyScape, Systech Intl. Team Up on E-Pedigree Solution The companies are offering an integrated solution of software, hardware, RFID tags and 2-D bar-coded labels and services designed to help fight drug counterfeiting and create electronic pedigrees.

Philip Morris Intl. Seeks to Make Serialized Bar Codes Work With EPC Network The ability to use EPC infrastructure, the cigarette maker says, will help it stop illegal trade and ensure the authenticity of its brands.

European EPC Competence Center to Provide Training at RFID Journal LIVE! Europe 2007 The EECC, founded by GS1 Germany, Deutsche Post World Net, Karstadt Warenhaus and Metro Group, will share experiences gained by these companies over the past four years with attendees looking to leverage EPC/RFID technologies.

Alien Adds Five Products to Gen 2 Portfolio Alien Technology's CEO told EPC Connection attendees that the company is seeing significant sales growth for closed-loop applications of RFID, rather than demand from goods manufacturers seeking to comply with retail-industry tagging mandates.