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German Hospital Expands Bed-Tagging Project Bielefeld City Clinic will use RFID to track beds and mattresses as they move through an automated washing system, to make sure they're properly cleaned and to cut down on unnecessary procedures.

Denver Health Adopting a Hospital-Wide RTLS System Based on the success of a pilot project, the organization plans to apply Wi-Fi-based RFID tags to 2,700 pieces of equipment and study new ways to use its real-time locating system to improve processes and its bottom line.

Printing Houses, Paper Mills Test Reel-Tracking Solution The companies have been trying out a system employing battery-assisted passive tags to track the movements of paper reels at mills, warehouses and printing houses, as well as facilitate newspaper production.

Parma's RFID Lab Plans Pork Pilot The Italian project will track packaged meat at the factory, distribution center and retail store, in an effort to quantify the benefits of using RFID and EPCglobal services in the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain.

Hawaii Plans Trace-Back Program for Fresh Food Beginning in November, three of the state's farms will begin using EPC Gen 2 RFID tags so farmers, retailers and distributors can monitor product movement and trace problem produce back to its source.

HP Unveils Prototype Smart Display Case Once deployed, the shelving unit would store HP inkjet printer cartridges and provide the company with real-time information about the demand for different types available.

Agricultural Company Tracks Equipment Loaned to Farmers In northern California, Bear River Supply is using battery-assisted passive RFID tags to help keep tabs on such items as tanks and machinery used to store and apply fertilizers.

Ohio Boutique Takes a Unique Approach to RFID Clothing merchant Industry Standard uses the technology to support social retailing, which lets shoppers confer with friends before making buying decisions.

Sonrai RFID-Enables Its Trash Compacters Retailers can use the RFID tag reads as a final data point indicating goods have been received and put out on the sales floor.

Wal-Mart, Sam's Club Push RFID Further Along Carolyn Walton, Wal-Mart's VP of information technology, revealed three new initiatives that are part of what she called a "change of focus" in the retailer's RFID program.