This year the 7th Edition of the Global Best Practices Awards for Professional Textile Care (PTC) companies, is expected to be the biggest one ever. Some 500 Professionals from over 60 countries are expected to participate in the program around EXPO Detergo October 21 – 22 – 23, 2026 in Milan Italy. The Program will be simultaneously streamed in 11 languages, and be available on the website; gbpa.cinet-online.com in 200 languages.
AWARD Program
October 23rd, 60 FINALIST in 4 Categories;
- Self Service Companies/Laundrettes,
- Retail Textile Cleaners SME and Big, as well as
- Industrial Textile Services/Laundries.
- The Finalists will present a 3-min Pitch on their company and are evaluated by and independent jury as winners of Country Awards, Entrepreneur Awards and Innovation, Sustainability and ultimately the Overall Award. These will be presented the very same day at an OFFICIAL GBPA DINNER.
It is felt by participants from earlier competitions that Everybody WINS. Preparing your own company for the BEST PERFORMANCE is the first gain. In the global challenging but attractive PTC markets, it is really up to the professionals in the industry to make progress happening. In this climate it is extremely helpful to NETWORK with colleagues, to exchange experiences and to learn form one another for a digital, sustainable and profitable business development.
CINET; Connecting the WORLD of PTC!

























