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Mass. firm to help Airbus track parts

OATSystems, IBM team up in RFID deal

RFID technology will help Airbus keep track of its inventory. RFID technology will help Airbus keep track of its inventory. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)
By Hiawatha Bray
Globe Staff / April 10, 2008

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OATSystems Inc. of Waltham will join with IBM Corp. to build a new inventory control system for the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. Privately held OATSystems says the multiyear deal will be the biggest deployment of radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology ever attempted by a manufacturing company. (Full article: 402 words)

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