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Diakinisis Finds RFID Helps It Expedite Shipments The Greek third-party logistics provider is using EPC Gen 2 RFID tags and interrogators to track 1,300 pallets per day for a global food and beverage company.

At Manor, RFID Keeps Food From Spoiling The Swiss company is using active tags with built-in sensors to measure and log the temperatures of freezers and refrigerators. Later this year, it hopes to expand the application to track perishable foods as they move through the supply chain.

Bavarian State Mint Gives RFID Its Stamp of Approval The mint employs passive HF tags to track the making of euro coins, from the time unstamped blanks arrive at its production facility until finished coins are shipped to banks.

Uruguay's RFID-Based Beef-Tracking Program Tags 2 Million The nation, one of the world's leading beef exporters, hopes to have all 12 million of its cattle tagged by 2012, though the initiative faces some challenges.

Cargo-Tracking System Combines RFID, Sensors, GSM and Satellite The developer, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, says a proof-of-technology test demonstrates the system can be used to monitor shipping containers remotely while at sea.

Unilever Hungary Looks for Weak Links in Ice Cream's Cold Chain Last summer, the company used temperature-sensing battery-assisted RFID tags to monitor storage and handling conditions at the factory, distribution centers and stores.

Boeing Approves Intelleflex Chip, Weighs Higher-Memory Fujitsu Tag With the silicon needed for a 64-kilobit parts tag finally ready, the company is getting closer to achieving its vision for a parts-tagged plane.

Wegmans Eyeing RFID for Prescription Management The supermarket operator is planning to test whether placing RFID tags on customers' prescription orders will make locating and ringing up the orders faster and more accurate.

Tracking Totes With RFID Gives Co-Op Fast Results To cut down on theft of high-value items, a U.K. retailer cooperative has adopted RFID-enabled totes to improve shipment visibility.

Monsanto Hopes to Sow Benefits by Tagging Seed Packets The company's Agracetus division is set to launch a pilot next month to evaluate RFID for tracking cases of experimental seeds.