Cutting Edge Technology and Best Practices on Display - Nov 19, 2025 


The NWPCA tours visited a Relogistics reusable packaging center, Neopal and Hinton Lumber all located in or near Houston, Texas. Key focuses for the tours included high-speed nailing machines, pallet inspection, AI Vision and quality control processes.; Brambles Continues to Focus on Serialization and Asset Tracking in North America: The pallet rental giant sees its investment in data generation and digital technology as critical to its future success. Tracking will help CHEP provide data about supply chain movements to customers, reduce waste and improve asset utilization that will change the nature of tough audit conversations with customers and distributors.; Dallas Pallet Fire Tied to Incinerator: Only the pallets and the incinerator were damaged according to various media reports. Investigators determined that sparks from an incinerator used to destroy old pallets ignited nearby stacks.; AI Poses Problem with Pallet Sales and Billing Scams: So, what red flags should you look for? One thing to be careful of is companies using the names of other recognizable players as a way to develop a false sense of credibility. Check references and be sure that new contacts are indeed credible.


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