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Avery Dennison Debuts Extra-Durable High-Memory EPC Gen 2 Tag An oil refinery is using the company's new AD-902 tag to help it track personnel and assets during emergencies.

Xstrata Mines RFID's Benefits To help it track personnel and improve safety and productivity, the company's coal division has rolled out a Wi-Fi-based active RFID system.

GE Develops Passive Tag That Functions as Multiple Sensors The company's Global Research division has come up with a design consisting of a standards-based 13.56 MHz RFID chip with an antenna coated with chemically or biologically sensitive films.

Mojix Upgrades Product Line, Offers Demo in 3-D The creator of a long-distance system for reading EPC Gen 2 RFID tags is adding real-time location software, as well as hardware offering a read zone that's larger and optimizable for specific applications.

Dow Monitors Hazardous Rail Shipments in Real Time The system employs an RF-based auto-ID system that uses sensors, satellite communications and GPS to track the location and status of 650 tank railcars in North America.

Kentucky, West Virginia Mines Try RFID Combined With Telecommunications To improve safety, the mines are adopting or testing systems that use Axcess International's active RFID tags and readers, integrated with communications technologies from Tunnel Radio or Foundation Telecommunications Inc.

Manufacturer to Track Half a Million Gas Cylinders Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. is using passive RFID tags to automate its bottling and distribution process, and to prevent the illegal diversion of its products.

Indian Mine Monitors Workers and Toxic Gases PervCom's active 2.4 GHz RFID tags, attached to cap lamps, track miners' locations and contain sensors for measuring temperature, humidity and air quality.

EPCIS Technology Improves Visibility for North Sea Oil Service and Supply Companies An EPCIS-compliant system from Spartan Solutions Services is enabling Swire Oilfield Services and Aker Solutions to share data regarding the whereabouts of their equipment and containers.

RFID Journal to Host Middle East Event TagStone will be the Cornerstone Sponsor for RFID Journal LIVE! Middle East, to be held Jan. 5-7, 2009, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dubai.