The Power Transmission & Distribution Technology Expo gathers the technology behind the grid in hall 10.1: transformers, switchgear, cables, protection and monitoring for transmission and distribution system operators. Large grey exhibits and software on screens are two opposite tasks for the camera — we solve both on the stand and deliver material your sales team can use with grid operators worldwide.
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| Dates | Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 November 2026 — Tuesday and Wednesday 10 am to 5 pm, Thursday 10 am to 1 pm |
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| Venue | Koelnmesse, hall 10.1, Messeplatz 1, 50679 Cologne |
| Frequency | Annual, three days, trade visitors only — second edition after the 2025 launch, free entry for industry professionals |
| Profile | Technology exhibition for transmission and distribution networks: transformers, switchgear, cables and lines, protection, monitoring, HVDC, grid automation and cybersecurity — the organiser expects more than 200 exhibitors and around 100 speakers in the Open Technology Forum |
| Audience | Visitors are transmission and distribution system operators, EPC companies, consulting engineers, utilities and investors; in 2025 around 1,200 attendees from 62 countries — new in 2026 the Power T&D Industry Awards |
| Our travel time | About 60 minutes from Essen — travel included in the package price |
A sectioned transformer, gas-insulated switchgear, a cable sample 20 centimetres across: grid technology is large, heavy and mostly painted grey or beige. Under flat hall lighting it loses all contour. We photograph such exhibits with directed side light that picks out edges, insulators and terminals, and from viewpoints that show scale — with a person alongside when it helps. Detail shots of contacts, sensors and rating plates complement the overview for data sheets and tender documents.
The other half of the hall is screens: grid control systems, monitoring dashboards, protection relays with displays. Here it is about exposure without moiré and without blown-out whites, so your software interface stays legible while the stand does not sink into darkness. We capture both — hardware and software — in one pass.
The Open Technology Forum runs in the hall throughout the show. If your engineers speak there, we photograph speaker and audience and, if you wish, film the talk in full — material for your website and for customers who were not in Cologne. New in 2026 are the Power T&D Industry Awards; nominated companies are covered at the ceremony.
Because the show is only in its second year, most exhibitors have no imagery of their Cologne presence yet. A stand video with walk-through, exhibits in operation and a two-minute statement from your sales director in English fills that gap — cut on the show day, subtitled, vertical for LinkedIn and landscape for the website.
Tuesday and Wednesday are full show days until 5 pm; Thursday closes at 1 pm and many exhibitors start dismantling then. We therefore recommend Tuesday or Wednesday: the hour before the 10 am opening for clean stand and exhibit shots, then conversations with grid operators and consultants, demonstrations on the stand and interviews.
A four-hour package in the morning covers stand, products and first conversations; a full day adds the forum appearance and interviews. With some 60 countries represented in hall 10.1, briefing and engagement run in English — and the images are ready before your team leaves.
Large grey grid hardware photographed with side light and scale — edges, insulators, terminals.
Control systems and dashboards without moiré or blown-out screens, legible and in the stand context.
Speaker and audience in the Open Technology Forum, the talk filmed in full on request; the Industry Awards ceremony.
Stand and exhibits before opening, with no visitors in frame.
Walk-through, exhibits in operation and a 30-second highlight, cut on the show day.
Statements from sales directors and engineers in English, delivered with subtitles.
A sample from our production: the event recap for your website and LinkedIn — below it, native 9:16 footage for Reels, Shorts and Stories, shot in parallel with the main coverage.
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Fixed prices, defined deliverables, predictable turnaround. All prices exclude VAT and include travel within North Rhine-Westphalia.
Add-on: On-stand interview + extended highlight video (approx. 90 sec.) €190
Payment: by invoice or online by credit card, details in the quote. No German VAT for non-EU companies; reverse charge for EU companies with VAT ID.
Tell us the date, your stand and what the images are for. You normally get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours, with no hidden line items.
We bring our own equipment, follow an agreed shot list and work discreetly, without interrupting conversations or demos. A first selection is ready while the show day is still running.
Finished photos and video for LinkedIn, PR, your website and social media via a private download link, at the latest 24 hours after the event ends. Two revision rounds included.
From €990 plus VAT for two hours of photo and video on site with at least 30 edited images and a 30-second highlight video. Four hours from €1,490, a full show day from €1,990. Travel to Cologne is included.
With directed side light that picks out edges and terminals, and with viewpoints that show scale. Detail shots of contacts, sensors and rating plates complement the overview.
Yes. We expose so the software stays legible and the stand does not sink into darkness, without moiré or blown-out whites. On request we film the operation as a short sequence.
Tuesday or Wednesday, each with the hour before the 10 am opening. Thursday closes at 1 pm and only suits short team shots.
Yes. Interviews, briefing and the entire engagement run in English — a large share of our trade fair clients come from outside Germany. Invoices with VAT ID for EU companies, no German VAT for companies outside the EU.
Send us your stand number, the exhibits you want to feature and your slot in the forum. We will propose a time window and a fixed-price quote.
We normally reply within 24 hours. For short-notice bookings during a show week, please call.
