RECYCLING-TECHNIK Dortmund is the trade fair for recycling and circular economy technology: shredding, sorting, screening, baling, sensors and plant engineering for plastics, metals, e-waste, construction waste, wood, glass and textiles. Together with SOLIDS most recently around 370 exhibitors and over 5,000 trade visitors. We photograph machines built for the yard so they work as a whole in the hall — and film them in operation.
All prices plus VAT · delivered within 24 hours · max. 4 exhibitors per show day · See all packages & details
| Dates | Wednesday 1 to Thursday 2 December 2027 |
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| Venue | Messe Dortmund, Rheinlanddamm 200, 44139 Dortmund — halls 4 to 7 |
| Frequency | Annual, two days, alongside SOLIDS Dortmund — organised by Easyfairs |
| Profile | Trade fair for recycling technologies and the circular economy: shredding and sorting technology, sensor-based sorting, screens and separators, balers, conveying and dust extraction, plant engineering and services for plastics, metals, e-waste, construction and organic waste, wood, glass, rubber and textiles |
| Audience | RECYCLING-TECHNIK and SOLIDS last counted together around 370 exhibitors and 5,082 trade visitors from 43 countries; visitors are waste management companies, operators of sorting and processing plants, plant managers from industry and municipalities |
| Our travel time | About 35 minutes from Essen — travel included in the package price |
A shredder, a baler or an eddy current separator is built for the recycling yard: heavy, painted in signal colours, with hoppers, rotors and screens that are barely visible from outside. On the trade fair stand the machine often sits tightly between neighbours, and the hall lighting turns the paint into a reflective surface. We photograph with a wide angle from a raised position so size and proportion are right, with a polarising filter against reflections on paint and stainless steel, and with our own light into the openings — rotor, knives, screen basket, magnetic drum — so the technology that makes the difference becomes visible.
Sensor-based sorting technology is the counterpart: cameras, near-infrared sensors, air jets, screens showing detection rates. We capture displays without moiré and put the application engineer in front of them to explain what the plant recognises.
Many exhibitors run their machines on the stand — with plastic flakes, cables or wood offcuts. That is the moment for video: material flow, rotor movement, the sorting process with ejection. We film from a fixed position and add close-ups of the wear parts. These clips replace the long explanation in the sales conversation: your sales team shows them on a tablet, your marketing uses them on the product page.
On the stand it comes down to conversations with waste management companies and plant operators. We photograph them without flash and from a distance and conduct short interviews with a radio mic — your engineer on the solution, an operator on throughput, two sentences, with subtitles, in German or English. If you speak in the stage programme, you get talk and audience from several positions.
RECYCLING-TECHNIK shares halls 4 to 7 and both days with SOLIDS; exhibitors with stands at both shows are covered on the same day without surcharge. Wednesday is the stronger day: stand overviews and machine shots in the hour before opening, then conversations, running plant on video and interviews. On Thursday two to four hours are enough for team portraits and late appointments.
From our office in Essen it is 35 minutes to Dortmund. Highlight video and first images are delivered on Wednesday evening; the full selection follows within 24 hours so your sales team can follow up with the material in the same week.
Heavy machines with wide angle from a raised position, polarising filter against paint reflections, our own light into rotor and screen basket.
Cameras, NIR sensors and detection screens without moiré, with the engineer in front explaining the plant.
Material flow, rotor movement and sorting process on video from a fixed position — for tablet, product page and social media.
Architecture and lighting before the doors open, with no visitors in frame.
Statements from engineers and plant operators with radio mics, in German or English, with subtitles.
Knives, screens, magnetic drums and wear parts close up and in consistent light.
A post with your stand while the show is still running gets seen and shared. That is why every package includes finished photos and video within 24 hours after the event ends — first images usually the same day. Two revision rounds included.
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.
Event recap · YOOZ
Event reel · izy
Brand event · YOOZ
Trade fair clip · Vapes Bars
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: 50 % deposit on booking by credit card (Stripe link sent with the quote) or bank transfer, 50 % on the show day. No German VAT for non-EU companies; reverse charge for EU companies with VAT ID.
Capacity: maximum 4 exhibitors per show day — please reserve early.
Tell us the date, venue, stand size and what the images are for. You normally get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours, with no hidden line items.
We arrive with our own equipment, work discreetly around your stand, and never interrupt a conversation or a demo. Shot list agreed in advance.
Edited photos and cut video via a private download link — within 24 hours after the event ends.
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 Dortmund is included.
Yes. With a wide angle from a raised position and our own light we visually isolate the machine from its surroundings. The overviews are taken before opening when the aisles are clear.
Yes. We film material flow and rotor movement from a fixed position and add close-ups. You receive the clips individually and as part of the 30-second highlight.
No, one booking is enough. Both shows run at the same time in halls 4 to 7, and we cover both stands on the same day without surcharge.
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 hall, stand number and the machines you want to feature. 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.
