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RFID News Roundup Dow joins EPCglobal; Gartner says RFID to grow to $3 billion in 2010; Zebra announces Gen 2 firmware availability; Symbol, Vue developing item-level tracking solutions; RFID in China: uneven growth; Gen 2 start kits from Avery Dennison Printer Systems; ToP Shop selling Rafsec, other RFID goods; NCR partnership targets Mediterranean market; Inside Contactless raises €9 million.

DOD Bundle Targets Small Companies SmartCode has put together a low-cost solution to enable quick compliance to RFID mandates from the U.S. Department of Defense.

RFID News Roundup ABI report says UHF chipsets may lower reader prices; costs stymieing RFID in European supply chains; Avery Dennison RFID names 17 qualified converters; AeroScout, Alanco team up on Wi-Fi tracking; HID, INSIDE partnering on access control apps; New Zealand passports carrying Philips chips; South Korea approves use of Savi 433.92 MHz systems; AIM Global unveils RFID Emblem.

MIT to Host RFID Academic Convocation The Auto-ID Lab at MIT will host a two-day event aimed at bringing together the leading RFID researchers with a select group of end users.

RFID News Roundup Philippines drafts rules for RFID frequency, power use; SAMSys introduces Gen 2 portal reader package; research projects $2.3 billion market for RFID in health care, pharma; IP Smart Packaging is now ASURYS; Australian chipmaker receives government grant; German retailer Rewe testing RFID.

High Tag Prices Curtail Otto's RFID Use The German mail-order retailer sees benefits from its current RFID deployment, but tag costs stymie wider adoption.

Kolinahr Introduces RFID Pallet Labeler The company's new model can encode, print and apply an RFID label to one side of a pallet and apply a label with just a bar code and text to a second side.

Company Makes Smart Cases, Pallets An IT services firm says it is embedding tags in reusable cardboard cases and pallets that can be reused up to 100 times.

RFID Label Making Picks Up Speed At live demonstrations by printing-equipment maker Mark Andy, a narrow-web press produced RFID labels at a rate of 100 to 200 feet per minute.

Packager Uses Tags to Protect Injectables West Pharmacuetical Services has released an RFID-based product and service offering to help pharmaceutical manufacturers guard injectable drugs against counterfeiting.