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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.

Parma's RFID Lab Plans Pork Pilot The Italian project will track packaged meat at the factory, distribution center and retail store, in an effort to quantify the benefits of using RFID and EPCglobal services in the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain.

Hawaii Plans Trace-Back Program for Fresh Food Beginning in November, three of the state's farms will begin using EPC Gen 2 RFID tags so farmers, retailers and distributors can monitor product movement and trace problem produce back to its source.

Staples Business Depot Sees Positive Results from Active Tag Test Although the Canadian company found that the RFID system slashed out-of-stock levels and increased sales, it has yet to determine whether those benefits outweigh the costs of deploying the system chain-wide.

RFID Journal, AIM Europe Produce Auto-ID Seminar At the third annual RFID Journal LIVE! Europe conference and exhibition, AIM Europe will host preconference sessions to educate attendees about a range of auto-ID topics, including how to use bar codes and RFID in tandem.

RFID Gains Traction at John Deere The heavy-machinery manufacturer is using EPC Gen 2 tags to aid quality control, monitor work-in-process and streamline production.

HP, Nosco, SupplyScape, Systech Intl. Team Up on E-Pedigree Solution The companies are offering an integrated solution of software, hardware, RFID tags and 2-D bar-coded labels and services designed to help fight drug counterfeiting and create electronic pedigrees.

Philip Morris Intl. Seeks to Make Serialized Bar Codes Work With EPC Network The ability to use EPC infrastructure, the cigarette maker says, will help it stop illegal trade and ensure the authenticity of its brands.

PierPass Makes TruckTag Mandate An organization comprised of Southern California marine terminal operators says trucks using the ports must carry RFID tags by Dec. 1.