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Indian Conglomerate ITC Focuses on RFID Expansion The company's item-level RFID deployment is already yielding some significant benefits at two distribution centers and eight of its Willis Lifestyle stores.

EPAL Moves Ahead With RFID Pallet-Tagging Pilot The European Pallet Association is successfully using EPC Gen 2 passive RFID tags to track 1,000 pallets in Switzerland, and plans to expand the pilot to additional countries in 2009.

Boeing Tracks Assets at Kennedy Space Center RFID Global Solution's real-time locating system allows Boeing to track its tools as they are used on NASA spacecraft in real time, and to ensure none are left at the launch pad.

CHEP Tracks Auto-Part Containers in Europe The company is using EPC Gen 2 tags to track the shipment, receipt, inspection and repair of 150,000 returnable plastic containers.

Home-Improvement Retailer Uses RFID to Improve Store Layout By providing its customers with active Wi-Fi-based tags, Rautakesko can track their movements and actions, in order to optimize the design of its sales floor.

HP Optimizes RFID System at Printer Plant Hewlett-Packard has removed more than 30 RFID readers and middleware to make its RFID system less intrusive and easier to deploy at other sites.

Italian Retail Pilot Quantifies RFID's Many Benefits The participants, which include ham-maker Parmacotto and supermarket operator Auchon, tracked tagged cases of food as they moved from production to sales floor.

Automotive Manufacturer Tracks Incoming Inventory Continental Automotive uses an Xterprise RFID system on a Microsoft BizTalk platform to track incoming electronic parts in reusable totes as they pass from third-party logistics providers to the manufacturer.

Dutch Forensic Institute Uses RFID to Control Crime Evidence The agency is employing EPC Gen 2 tags to document an item's chain of custody and trigger an alarm if evidence goes awry.

Pacific Coast Producers Works Through Challenges to Realize Benefits By studying the RFID data it receives from Wal-Mart, the canned goods supplier has reduced out-of-stocks by 50 percent and boosted sell-through rates for the promoted products.