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RecyclingAKTIV & TiefbauLIVE (RATL) is Germany’s premier demonstration trade fair for the construction, demolition, and recycling industries. Held at the spacious Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre, RATL offers a unique and highly practical experience centered around live action and tangible technology. As a crucial meeting point for industry professionals, this demonstration fair focuses entirely on machines and equipment for civil engineering, road construction, gardening, landscaping, demolition, and material recycling.
What sets RATL apart is its expansive outdoor exhibition area—exceeding 90,000 square meters—specifically designed to showcase machinery in realistic, full-scale operations. Visitors can witness and compare equipment such as excavators, loaders, shredders, and specialized systems for material handling, crushing, screening, and sorting, all working live. This unique demonstration environment ensures a high level of engagement, providing hands-on insights into cutting-edge technologies and their implementation in real-world workflows, from trenchless technologies in civil engineering to dust suppression systems.
The fair successfully promotes the symbiotic cooperation between the construction sector and the circular economy, focusing heavily on sustainability and resource conservation. Key themes include waste minimization, sustainable construction techniques, energy-efficient machinery, and smart jobsite monitoring. Core exhibition segments encompass recycling technologies, demolition tools, civil engineering innovations, transport logistics, and site management solutions.
RATL attracts a highly qualified audience, including key decision-makers and purchasing experts. Attendees benefit from intensive product consultation, networking opportunities, and the chance to learn best practices through dozens of expert-led live demonstrations and focused theme areas like Wood & Biomass, Scrap & Metal, and the Attachment Arena. If your business is invested in construction, resource management, or technological innovation in the toughest field tests, RATL is an essential and unmissable event on the trade fair calendar.