Useful links

We know it is not easy to find reliable sources of information or effective online tools for packaging industry professionals (and not only for them).

Here we are bringing you links to websites that proved useful to us. It is likely you find them interesting as well.

Safety

• Forklift Safety Tips - www.creativesafetysupply.com/articles/forklift-safetytips/ 
• Free Safety Guides - www.creativesafetysupply.com/free-safety-guides/ 

Industry news sources

Packaging

• Packaging Gateway - www.packaging-gateway.com 
• Packaging Europe - www.packagingeurope.com 
• Packaging World - www.packworld.com 
• Packaging News - www.packagingnews.co.uk 
• Packaging Czech - www.packaging-cz.cz 
• Packaging Business Review - www.packaging-business-review.com 

Warehousing and logistics

• Logistics Business Magazine - logisticsbusiness.com
• Stratégie Logistique - strategieslogistique.com  (French)
• Warehouse and Logistics News - www.warehousenews.co.uk 

Food and beverage

• Food & Drink business - www.fdbusiness.com 
• Food & Beverage International - www.foodbev.com 
• The Guardian / Food & drink industry - www.guardian.co.uk/business/fooddrinks 
• Brauwelt International - www.brauweltinternational.com  

Supplier databases 

• Kompass - www.kompass.com 
• Logismarket - www.logismarket.com 
• Direct Industry - www.directindustry.com 
• Find the needle - www.findtheneedle.co.uk 
• WLW (Wer Liefert Was) - www.wlw.com 

Financial and market news

Exchange rates

• European Central Bank - www.ecb.int/stats/exchange

Country economic reports

• Global Finance - www.gfmag.com/gdp-data-country-reports 

Travelling

Route planning

• Google Maps - maps.google.com 
• NAVTEQ Map24 - www.map24.com 

Hotel booking

• Booking.com - www.booking.com 
• TripAdvisor - www.tripadvisor.com 

Practical tools

Sending big files over internet

• WeTransfer - www.wetransfer.com 
• YouSendIt - www.yousendit.com

Remote assistance on PC

• TeamViewer software - installer download

Do you have any other favorite website that provides useful information or makes your work more efficient? Let us know, write your feedback to club@alvey.be.