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Circular Tech Expo 2026

Circular Tech Expo brings enterprise IT buyers into the same room as the businesses that erase, refurbish, resell and recover their retired equipment.

Oct 13-14, 2026 · Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre

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Visitors expected
1,000
Exhibitors on this year's list
124
Show days
2

Its Farnborough show covers the decisions between a device leaving service and entering its next use: preserving resale value, protecting data, maintaining custody records and making reuse part of procurement policy.

The audience spans CIOs, asset managers, procurement and sustainability teams, alongside ITAD providers, OEMs, data center operators and reverse logistics specialists. Financial services, healthcare, education and public bodies are central end-user markets. A split conference program reflects that mix: enterprise leadership addresses governance and investment, while lifecycle management tackles processing, compliance and operational scale.

The exhibition also connects commercial recovery with digital inclusion. Refurbishers and lifecycle service providers share the floor with charities and the ReLondon Innovation Hub, bringing device redistribution, digital product passports and new resale models into the discussion.

How it compares

  1. E-Waste World Conference & ExpoFrankfurt
  2. ITAD & Circular Electronics ExpoFrankfurt
  3. Resource & Waste Management ExpoBirmingham, 9,004
  4. This show: Circular Tech Expo1,000

ITAD & Circular Electronics Expo in Frankfurt is the closest international alternative. It places ITAD alongside electronics, battery and metal recycling, opening conversations with material processors, equipment makers and partners across the recycling supply chain. That combination suits a business expanding its processing capability or building cross-border recovery partnerships. Circular Tech Expo concentrates the conversation on enterprise technology estates, secure reuse and the service relationships around them.

For a UK waste operator, Resource & Waste Management Expo in Birmingham offers a wider operational market. Collection vehicles, plant, municipal services and processing equipment sit alongside resource recovery and circular economy topics. Its breadth is useful when IT equipment is one waste stream among several. Farnborough is the more focused comparison for an enterprise choosing an ITAD partner or a refurbisher evaluating erasure and asset management systems.

The choice turns on where value is being recovered. Frankfurt links device recovery to a larger materials market; Birmingham covers waste infrastructure and services; Circular Tech Expo brings the enterprise owner, lifecycle operator and reuse specialist together around the same technology assets. Its leadership and operations stages give those groups distinct reasons to attend.

Circular Tech Expo fits enterprise IT teams choosing lifecycle partners and ITAD businesses building secure, commercially viable reuse operations.

Who exhibits

Blancco and BitRaser put data erasure beside the lifecycle services of Sims Lifecycle Services, Iron Mountain and Circular IT Group. Foxway brings device recovery and refurbished supply, while TXO adds telecom infrastructure and repair. The ReLondon Innovation Hub broadens the mix with TAZAAR, Klyk and Duxer, connecting traceability and resale platforms with practical reuse. This is a supply chain for retaining device value, with recycling and material recovery completing the route for devices reaching the end of their useful lives.

  1. Lenovo

  2. WWF

  3. Scantech International

  4. Novatech

  5. TEMU

  6. Securaze

  7. Circular IT Group

  8. GreenFence

  9. MAXXeGUARD Data Safety

  10. ERI

  11. Softcat

  12. Technimove

  13. Sims Lifecycle Services

  14. ThatWare

  15. Shredall SDS Group

  16. SAR Metals

  17. Blancco

  18. Digital Poverty Alliance

  19. Recyclexpert

  20. Gigacycle

  21. L.A. Recycling

  22. Converge Technology Solutions UK

  23. ESG Pro

  24. Procurri

124 companies are on the list. A HallBrief brief ranks every one against your goals and finds who to meet at each. Get a brief

Circular Tech Expo 2026

The 2026 program brings enterprise strategy and lifecycle operations onto separate stages, supported by live repair and physical drive-destruction demonstrations. The ReLondon Innovation Hub introduces businesses working on product passports, retailer trade-in and reuse. Circular 100 UK recognizes people advancing responsible technology management, while Leaders & Laggers provides a show-floor pub for informal conversations. The official After-Show Party extends the program beyond the exhibition, and the All Things Circular Masterclass explores recovery logistics and executive decisions in the product-passport era.

  • Use the Enterprise Leadership Stage for procurement, governance and Scope 3 questions; the Lifecycle Management Stage addresses refurbishment, destruction standards and processing automation.
  • Compare the Live Repair Centre with Hard Drive Destruction Live to see the practical difference between extending a device's life and destroying its storage media.
  • At the ReLondon Innovation Hub, compare TAZAAR's product traceability with Tern's retailer trade-in model and Duxer's asset recovery workflows.

What your brief includes

The full exhibitor list, and what to do with it.

  1. Halvorsen ProzesstechnikIndustrial machinery / Germany#3
  2. Alpenküche SystemeCommercial kitchens / Austria#4
  3. Brauwerk WielandBeverages / Germany#5
  4. 121 more, ranked for your goals

#3Halvorsen Prozesstechnikof 124

Why it matters
Their hygienic conveyor line fits the plant expansion you described.
Who to meet
Head of Key Accounts, Food Processing
What to ask
Lead times for installations in 2027.

Example from a sample brief. The company is fictional.

How a brief is made

  1. Tell us your goals

    A short interview: what you want from Circular Tech Expo and which kinds of partners you are after.

  2. We research each company, one by one

    For each company: what it makes, who it sells to, how it fits your goals and who buys there. Then we compare them side by side and rank the ones worth your time.

  3. Walk in with a plan

    A ranked list, a deep dive on each of your top picks, the people to meet and a strategy deck, all before the doors open.

Walk into Circular Tech Expo knowing who to meet.

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