Norsk Lastbærer Pool (NLP) - an organization established by Norwegian consumer goods manufacturers and retailers to manage a nationwide pool of pallets - is transitioning Norway's consumer goods sector to RFID-tagged plastic pallets and totes, leased by NLP, each with EPCGen 2 ultrahigh-frequency RFID tags. In February 2011, as part of that transition, the organization intends to pilot the use of RFID handheld readers and fixed reader portals at the factories of snack-food company Maarud and sausage producer Finsbråten, as well as at two distribution centers for retail chain Coop.
