Ah yeah, well spotted pete. The name of the injected field has to match the declaration in @Name Change the code to: | @Stateful | @Name("itemsCache") | public class ItemsCacheBean implements ItemsCache, Serializable { | ... | @Stateful | @Name("itemsmanager") | public class ItemsManagerBean implements ItemsManager, Serializable { | | @In(create=true) ItemsCache itemsCache; | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4032769#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...