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Wal-Mart Canada Making RFID Progress Twenty Wal-Mart stores in Canada are collecting RFID data, helping to eliminate overstocks; the retailer will study the impact of harsh winter weather on RFID equipment.

Finnish Fashion Designer Begins Item-Level Tagging Naisten Pukutehdas, maker of the NP Collection line of women's clothing, anticipates that RFID will increase the speed and accuracy of its shipments.

Belton Industries Tests Tags on Textiles The South Carolina manufacturer is considering the deployment of RFID technology to track rolls of fabric and streamline its order-fulfillment process.

RFID Tracks Produce From Field to Fork A U.S. fruit and vegetable supplier is employing EPC tags and interrogators to track its products as they are harvested, processed and transported to retailers, and to trace them back to the source in the event of a recall.

Tech Startup Unveils Printed-Silicon Transistor Kovio says it expects to create printed-silicon high-frequency RFID chips by the end of 2008, paving the way for low-cost tags.

Metro Sees Progress With Its Frozen-Foods Pilot The retailer is using RFID-enabled forklifts at a distribution center in Hamm, Germany, to track tagged pallets of frozen food and the locations where they are stored.

MBA Group Finds RFID Improves Shipment Accuracy The distributor of medical supplies is tagging and tracking cartons of goods, enabling it to reduce order-preparation time and eliminate errors.

GS1 UK Launches Nationwide RFID Pilot The trial's purpose is to enable participants to share RFID-related data by means of applications based on EPCglobal's EPCIS standard.

RFID Sweetens Imperial's Shipping Process The sugar manufacturer is using tagged plastic pallets to track its shipments from the refinery to the store, and to reduce the likelihood of contaminant exposure.

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.