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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.

Canadian Grocery Pilot Finds ROI in RFID By implementing RFID, retailers and suppliers should markedly reduce out-of-stocks and improve promotional execution, according to a seven-month project involving Loblaw and four of its suppliers.

RFID Journal Announces Speakers for Apparel Event Dillard's CIO Bill Holder heads a lineup of industry leaders at the only RFID event designed for apparel and footwear companies.

WhereNet, Identec Solutions Offer GPS Tracking GPS, both companies say, will enable end users to track assets even when the installed RFID technology is insufficient to provide the desired level of visibility.

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.

Motor-Home Maker Uses Wi-Fi to Track Production Hymer has deployed a real-time locating system combining wireless networking equipment from Siemens Communications with Ekahau active RFID tags and software.

Paz Energy Uses RFID for Fuel Security and Inventory Efficiencies The Israeli company is using a combination of RFID, GPS and GPRS from Hi-G-Tek to track fuel deliveries to gas stations and stores around the Middle Eastern country.

German Automakers and Suppliers Track Industry-Wide Supply Chain With RFID A multiyear project involving several automakers and their suppliers, academia and the German government, is testing RFID to improve supply chain visibility and efficiencies.

DHL, AeroScout, Microlise Team to Track Temperature for Pharma Maker A European pharmaceutical manufacturer is testing RFID and sensors to monitor temperatures inside vans transporting drugs from Belgium to Sweden.

EPCglobal Hong Kong Wraps Two-Year, Multi-Company RFID Project The undertaking tested several EPCglobal standards and involved four pilots tracking goods with RFID as they moved across countries and oceans.