About Remcon Equipment

Heavy-duty, custom-designed conveyors and related equipment for the rough conditions and abuse typical of recycling plants — designed, fabricated, and installed from Airway Heights, Washington — the Spokane area's conveyor manufacturer — since 1977.

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Close-up of a Remcon Equipment nameplate — model 400-B Bar Mag, serial REM400B-1452, mfg. 2015 — on a freshly painted blue frame in the shop
FIG. 01 Every machine leaves the shop with a Remcon nameplate — model, serial, and project number
Our Goal

To design and build durable, easy to use, and long-lasting equipment that meets each customer's needs.

1977
Began building recycling equipment
1991
Became a separate, conveyor-focused company
1,500+
Systems produced, up to 20 conveyors each
95%
Of production: slider bed & chain belt conveyors
The Company

What We Do

We manufacture single conveyors and other machines, as well as complete turnkey systems — and we have installed them throughout the U.S. and abroad. Four places to start.

01Turn-Key Conveyor SystemsDesign · fabrication · installation 02Custom Conveyors for OEMs150+ optical sorting conveyors 03ServicesInstall · repair · belts · moves 04ContactQuotes · (509) 244-9439
About the Shop

Specialties & History

Nearly five decades of building for the recycling industry, told the short way: what we specialize in, who we build for, and how we got here.

Incline conveyor carrying mixed plastic recyclables up to a sort line inside a recycling plant
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Our Specialties

Remcon's specialty is heavy-duty, custom-designed conveyors and related equipment for the rough conditions and abuse typical of recycling plants and other facilities. In addition to applying over 30 years of design experience to the unique problems of the recycling industry, we have also designed and built specialized conveyors and equipment for other industries.

We are often asked to find solutions to conveying problems where standard machinery is too light-duty or not effective.

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Optical fiber sorting conveyor system on support platforms in a recycling facility
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Conveyors for Other Manufacturers

Remcon supplies conveyor systems for specialized equipment made by other manufacturers, such as computerized sorting systems. We work closely with their engineers to design the most effective means of handling materials for their systems.

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Crew in high-visibility vests on a work platform above sorting conveyors inside a recycling plant
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Our History

Remcon began building recycling equipment in 1977 as a division of a structural steel fabricator. In 1991, Remcon became a separate company specializing in the design, fabrication, and installation of turn-key, custom conveyor systems, including support structures, work platforms, and stairs, for recycling facilities.

In 1998, Remcon began supplying conveyors and conveyor systems for computerized optical sorting systems, and has now built over 150 high-speed optical sorting conveyors. In all, we have produced more than 1,500 systems, consisting of up to 20 conveyors and related equipment, for recycling facilities that typically handle materials that are rough on equipment.

Approximately 95% of Remcon's production is slider bed, combination drag chain belt, and roller chain belt conveyors, plus the related support structures, hoppers, chutes, personnel platforms, and stairs. This equipment typically handles whole and broken glass, tin and aluminum cans, plastic, paper, and corrugated containers.

Remcon also incorporates specialized equipment from other manufacturers — disc screens, walking floors, etc. — into our systems. This has allowed us to include the best of other companies' products without being distracted from what we do best: conveyors and their related products.

In August 2026, Sean Johnston was named Chief Executive Officer as the company prepares to expand production capacity. Dennis Lux, who led Remcon for decades, continues as CEO emeritus, advising the team and carrying the customer and industry relationships built over that time. The shop, the crews, and the way the machines are drawn have not changed.

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Our Design Philosophies

How We
Design

Our design personnel are regularly involved in the installation and repair of machinery, gaining valuable real-world experience. These are the principles they design by.

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01

Listen to Our Customers

Our design goal is to listen to our customers, including engineers, plant supervisors, and maintenance personnel, to best determine what is needed.

02

Know What Questions to Ask

It is our responsibility to know what questions to ask our customers in order to obtain the necessary design information.

03

Simplicity of Design

Simplicity of design is of highest priority, for several reasons: initial cost, future maintenance cost, and reduced downtime. We are often able to re-design systems with fewer conveyors or machines, and with smaller building space requirements.

04

Readily Available Components

All machine components must be readily available for future replacement, as much as possible.

05

Design for the Bad Conditions

Consideration must be given not only to the normal conditions each machine will be subjected to, but also to the inevitable bad conditions: abuse, overloading, contaminants in the material, and operator error.

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Repair vs. Replacement

When customers have existing machinery they would like to use, we help them determine the value of repair vs. replacement. We have repaired many conveyors made by other manufacturers, with significant savings for our customers, as well as adding to our knowledge of both good and bad design features.

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In the News

Coverage

The trade press that covers recycling and waste equipment, on Remcon's change of leadership in August 2026.

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We value the conversations that let us build the right machine for each customer. Talk directly with the people who design, weld, and install it. Mon–Fri, 7:00 AM–4:30 PM Pacific.

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