Barbieri
Excellence Award
Finalists and Winners 2026
We are happy to announce the Barbieri Excellence Award Finalists and Winners 2026 in the 3 categories – Advocacy & Trust , Business Performance, Innovation & Research.
The award honors outstanding professional work of our customers, partners and collaborating organizations within the extended Barbieri ecosystem and recognizes their top performance in professional digital printing.
Winners 2026:
COLORGATE
Winner category:
Advocacy & Trust
Jury statement:
“ColorGATE is recognized for its long-standing success in digital printing especially in highly demanding applications such as surface decoration, where precision and consistency are essential. By continuously relying on Barbieri’s measurement technology, ColorGATE has built trusted, repeatable color workflows that support quality, reliability, and confidence in professional digital printing. The jury values this long-term commitment to trust, shared values, and color excellence built through a strong partnership.”
Receiving this ‘Advocacy and Trust’ award reflects what truly defines our partnership with Barbieri: a shared commitment to quality, transparency, and long-term collaboration. By combining Barbieri’s leading color measurement with our expertise in color management software, we enable reliable, consistent digital printing workflows.
Together, we deliver precision and build the trust our customers rely on every day.
FUTURE FASHION
Winner category:
Business Performance
Jury statement:
“Future Fashion is recognized for its strong business performance in textile printing, producing sportswear and sublimation garments for customers in the USA and Europe. Because color must stay consistent across different fabrics, printers, and production runs, precise measurement is essential. By introducing Barbieri, Future Fashion moved from mainly visual checks to trusted measurement data, giving them better control, fewer test prints, and more stable results. The jury especially values how Barbieri measurement technology supports their efficiency, consistency, and success in international textile printing.”
We are honored to receive the Barbieri Excellent Award 2026 in the Business Performance category.
This achievement reflects our strong commitment to color accuracy, quality, and continuous improvement in sublimation printing.
At Future Fashion, we always strive to deliver consistent and high-quality results, and Barbieri technology has played an important role in supporting our color management process.
We truly appreciate this recognition and look forward to continuing our successful partnership.
SYNC-INNOVATION
Winner category:
Innovation & Research
Jury statement:
“SYNC-INNOVATION is recognized for its success as an innovative one-stop-shop, combining design, production, stock control, and delivery for a wide range of customized products. Because they work across many materials and applications, consistent color is essential. By using Barbieri, SYNC-INNOVATION gained reliable color control across different printers, media, and production needs. The jury especially values how this supports their innovation, quality, and continued success in a demanding market.“
It is a great honor to receive this prestigious award.
Our company operates under the motto, ‘We make things you can’t help but want.’
To bring our customers’ dreams to life, faithful color reproduction is essential.
The Barbieri LFP qb has become an indispensable part of our workflow, enabling us to measure a diverse range of materials with high precision and to consistently create optimal profiles for every application.
Moving forward, we remain committed to working alongside Barbieri to create and deliver products that ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.
Once again, thank you very much for this wonderful honor.
Finalists 2026:
Here are the finalists which the jury has chosen with special care:
All finalists have been added to the Barbieri Hall of Excellence.
