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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.

Rolls-Royce Tests RFID's Potential to Drive Its Supply Chain The U.K. engines manufacturer is exploring ways RFID might be used to improve its internal processes.

Ontario Sponsors RFID Seminar for Small and Midsize Enterprises To help educate Canadian SMEs about how they can use RFID technologies to remain competitive, the provincial government is sponsoring a preconference seminar, "RFID Technology: Small Investment for Big Benefits," at RFID Journal LIVE! Canada 2007.

CVRD Inco Tracks Ore in Mine and Mill Ruggedized EPC Gen 2 tags are mixed with piles of ore that are crushed and dumped into railcars, so that mills can identify the ore's grade.

Costa View Farms Milks Savings From RFID Thanks to handheld interrogators and in-ear tags, the 6,800-cow dairy can more quickly find and treat animals, update records and boost milk production.

Aker Yards Uses RFID to Ramp Up Worker Safety At its shipyard in Turku, Finland, the company installs interrogators alongside gangplanks so administrators can determine who is on board a vessel and in danger in the event of a fire or other risk.

FDA Works on Draft ID System for Medical Devices, Supplies Once finalized, the new requirements could help drive the adoption of RFID in the medical supply chain and the reporting of adverse events.

Elektrobit Unveils UHF RFID Suite The EB Identification Network consists of RFID interrogators, controllers and software to help companies more easily implement, tune and manage networks of RFID readers, thereby reducing interference and congestion.

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.