The company NLP was started in 2006 and is owned by producers
and wholesalers in the Norwegian grocery trade. NLP organises and
runs a return settlement system for wood pallets, plastic pallets
and plastic crates between parties in the grocery trade
industry.
The industry is currently replacing the wooden pallet with a
more robust plastic pallet equipped with an electronic identifier.
Four RFID tags with a unique identifier is built into each corner
of the pallet. NLP will use the identifier to control the flow of
pallets through its own value chain.
NLP also wants to allow partners in the industry to use the RFID
infrastructure to improve their own internal value chains in a
secure and efficient manner. The network effects from such an
implementation are estimated to be significant for the entire food
industry.
A complete version of the press release (in Norwegian) is
available here.