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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.

Alien Adds Five Products to Gen 2 Portfolio Alien Technology's CEO told EPC Connection attendees that the company is seeing significant sales growth for closed-loop applications of RFID, rather than demand from goods manufacturers seeking to comply with retail-industry tagging mandates.

EPCglobal Certifies EPCIS Software, Foresees Stronger RFID Adoption At its annual member conference, EPCglobal says its work in setting and testing industry standards is beginning to pay off, and that its focus has shifted to helping companies deploy RFID.

HP Canada Partners With Universities to Create RFID Labs The joint effort, participants say, helps all involved parties conduct RFID pilots, carry out research and better serve the needs of industrial companies and other end users.

NXP Boosts EPC Gen 2 Tag Memory, Performance The semiconductor maker's two new RFID chips require less power to operate and work across the entire UHF RFID frequency range, from 840 to 960 MHz. One chip offers 512 bits of user memory.

Wireless Sensor Adoption Expected to Grow Tenfold According to a survey of industrial companies, 40 percent of respondents plan to deploy wireless solutions to monitor machine health.

Early Adopter Sees RFID Progress Phil Therrien, EPC manager for Kimberly-Clark, tells RFID Journal that despite a pause in the marketplace, RFID adoption is progressing and will move forward quickly in certain applications and product categories.

Alien Technology to Present RFID ROI Partner Demonstrations at EPC Connection 2007 RFID innovators will reveal adoption success stories in the exhibit hall of the fourth annual EPCglobal North America conference and exhibition, to be held Oct. 2-4 in Chicago.

OAT Launches RFID Software for Tracking Work-in-Process The product is designed to make it easier for companies to configure their RFID systems to track materials and goods, and to issue alerts and take other actions based on business needs.