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Metro Fleshes Out Its RFID Plans The retailer will install Intermec interrogators at 130 Cash & Carry wholesale stores and Sirit models at 99 Real hypermarkets.

ODIN Releases First Benchmark of European RFID Readers The systems integrator tested seven ETSI-compliant RFID interrogators in both lab and real-world tests.

Metro Rolling Out Reva's Reader Network Appliance The retailer is installing Reva's reader networking platform at 200 distribution centers and retail locations.

NXP Debuts Reference Design Center The semiconductor firm sees the facility as a place where end users can test RFID technology, and where NXP and other RFID technology vendors can develop specific products based on end users' needs.

IATA Expects Big Savings for Airlines That Tag Trolleys The airline trade group will soon start a trial using RFID to track the wheeled carts airlines employ to carry food and duty-free items on board aircraft.

Airbus Hires ODIN Technologies for RFID Deployments The systems integrator will help Airbus deploy the technology across its airplane-manufacturing operations.

Manufacturers Propose Tools to Fight Counterfeiting A group of manufacturers, trade groups and others are calling for tougher laws, increased government support and technology solutions—such as RFID—to fight counterfeit and pirated goods.

Drug Pedigree Software Products Earn EPCglobal Certification The standards organization has determined that products from Axway, rfXcel and SupplyScape comply with its standard for software designed to document a drug's movement through distribution channels.

Pilot Project Tracks Cargo From Shanghai to Savannah The endeavor is expected to demonstrate how e-seals can help companies track the departure and arrival of oceangoing cargo containers, and verify they have not been opened.

Printed RFID Tags Still Several Years Away Industry leaders at the Printed RFID conference agreed that much research remains to be done before printed tags become commercially available and can be printed directly on packaging.