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Fluensee Purchases TrenStar By acquiring TrenStar, the RFID asset-tracking software provider gains inroads into software-as-a-service, as well as the company's RFID-enabled distribution service for beer kegs and other containers.

Thai Researchers Study RFID for Managing Prawns and Other Food Fish In addition to investigating the physical effects of implanting RFID tags in aquatic animals, the project will develop an RFID-enabled system to monitor and improve broodstock on fish farms.

GS1 Australia Is Optimistic ACMA Will Adopt 4-Watt UHF Power Limit By year's end, the Australian Communication and Media Authority says it will finish weighing the results of trials testing the effect of 4-watt UHF RFID devices on the nation's GSM-based mobile phone systems.

Defense Contractor Relies on RFID for On-time Delivery of Armored Vehicles Navistar Defense is using an RFID-enabled real-time locating system to track the assembly process of the armored vehicles it produces, which are designed to protect troops from bombs.

Ko-RFID Tackles RFID Business Collaboration Processes Supported by Germany's Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the project hopes to address the challenges companies face when sharing information collected via RFID.

Premier Tells Medical Device Makers to Adopt GS1 Supply Chain Standards The hospital purchasing alliance wants medical devices to be tracked by Global Trade Item Number and Global Location Number, which could make it easier for the health-care sector to implement RFID technology.

Norwegian Food Group Nortura to Track Meat The company's IT subsidiary, Matiq, is teaming with IBM to deploy a system that uses RFID to track meat from the slaughterhouse to the store.

SimplyRFID Upgrades Its Service By Upgrading Its Tag The logistics and security services provider has switched to Avery Dennison AD-224 RFID inlays to increase read range, data storage and security.

EPCglobal Transportation and Logistics Pilot Takes Visibility to a Global Level The program's second phase, the organization says, illustrates how EPC-based technology can be utilized to track goods as they are transported by air, sea, road and rail, from China to the United States.

Banking Group to Set RFID Roadmap Hoping to facilitate RFID adoption by its members, the Financial Services Technology Consortium is working toward instituting a standardized approach to using the technology.