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Rehau, a supplier of plastic parts for the automotive industry, has implemented radio frequency identification (RFID) into its operations to optimize production quality and logistics.

Using RFID technology, Rehau is able to manufacture individually defined parts for customers instead of using uniform mass production. Rehau began to utilize RFID in early 2009. The company relies on UPM Raflatac ShortDipole RFID tags, as well as Simatic RF600 readers and transponders from Siemens.

Global logistics company DHL has tapped several local companies to upgrade sorting technologies at its Express U.S. hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). The $12.5 million project will upgrade many existing hardware and software applications running its auto-sort system, with the goal of improving the speed and reliability of shipment scanning and sorting as volumes grow at the Cincinnati airport.

The Comau Div. of Fiat increased the speed of its cross-border shipments without impacting its bottom line.