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Microsoft to Showcase RFID-Enabled Applications at EPC Connection 2007 The software giant and its partners will demonstrate several ready-to-deploy, RFID-enabled applications at the conference, to be held Oct. 2-4, in Chicago.

RFID Smooths Production for Oil-Pipe Manufacturer Tejas Tubular Products, a provider of drill pipes and other products to the oil industry, is using EPC Gen 2 tags to help track and streamline the production process.

Airbus to Present Case Study at RFID Journal LIVE! Europe Carlo K. Nizam, head of value-chain visibility and RFID at Airbus, will explain how the aircraft manufacturer is using RFID as part of an integrated, company-wide approach to help streamline business processes and reduce the cost of operations for all partners in the value chain.

Falabella Plans Second Item-Level RFID Pilot The Latin American department-store operator says it learned valuable lessons from its first item-level pilot, yielding an inventory accuracy of 98.4 percent and a 25 percent reduction in out-of-stocks.

GlaxoSmithKline Remains Committed to RFID Contradicting a recent news report, the drugmaker says it will continue conducting pilots to demonstrate how RFID can be used to secure the pharma supply chain.

Chip Maker Uses Wi-Fi-based Tags to Boost Production Freescale Semiconductor's RFID deployment helps machine operators quickly locate work-in-process at one of its factories for fabricating silicon wafers.

Throttleman Adopts Item-Level Tagging The Portuguese fashion retailer has its manufacturer apply RFID tags to every item it sells, automating the shipment and receiving processes.

Metal-Powder Factory Adopts IRID To help it track production, a Swedish maker of metal powders switched from RFID to an infrared auto-ID system.

RFID at the Height of Fashion With Clothing, Shoe Companies At the RFID Journal—AAFA Apparel & Footwear Summit, industry executives extolled RFID's benefits across all segments of the sector.

Aggressive Sales Growth Predicted for Passive Tags in North America Frost & Sullivan expects a compound annual growth rate of 21.5 percent during the next six years, spurred in part by increased adoption in Canada.