Les The award categories have been: Career, Innovation and Business. In addition, a special prize has been awarded to Foment del Treball Nacional as a collaborating entity.
Barcelona, 20 June 2026. The 20th edition of the COACB Awards took place last Friday evening at the Palau de la Música Catalana. Once again, the Official College of Commercial Agents of Barcelona (COACB) has organized an awards ceremony to recognize the work of the commercial sector in Catalonia, in addition to celebrating the century of trajectory that the entity has, one hundred years marked by the professionalization and representation of commercial agents, as well as for its contribution to the development and dynamization of the economic and business fabric of Catalonia.
This professional and institutional event was attended by different political representatives and civil and business society in Catalonia, including Marta Angerri, General Director of Commerce at the Generalitat de Catalunya, Nadia Quevedo, Commissioner for Economic Promotion at the Barcelona City Council, Sam Nu'ez and Amela, Deputy Deputy in the Area of Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Public Health of the Barcelona Provincial Council, and Ricard Penas, president of the COACB.
The COACB 2026 Awards have been given to personalities distributed in three different categories: Business, trajectory and innovation. In addition, a special prize has also been awarded to Foment del Treball Nacional as a collaborating entity. The journalist Ariadna Oltra was in charge of presenting the event.
Before the awards ceremony began, commemorative plaques were given to 5 members who turn 50 at the COACB.
The first award that was awarded was the Innovation category, aimed at promoting business development initiatives and highlighting the creation of an innovative commercial agency model. The winner of this category has been the collegiate Amancio Solana Pérez, who works in the sector of machinery and products for the environment. He is a professional who has developed an innovative commercial agency model that is based on a hub of environmental demands.
El següent guardó que es va lliurar va ser el de la categoria a l'Empresa. En aquest cas, l'empresa que va rebre el premi va ser LUIS ROCA & PARTNERS, especialitzada en consultoria, representacions i trading enfocada en el sector agroalimentari. L’empresa es dedica a ajudar a empreses a captar clientela, localitzar productes i proveïdors. El seu fundador, Lluís Roca Serrano, va ser l’encarregat de recollir el guardó.
The next award that was given was the category to the Company. In this case, the company that received the award was LUIS ROCA & PARTNERS, specialized in consulting, representations and trading focused on the agri-food sector. The company is dedicated to helping companies attract customers, locate products and suppliers. Its founder, Lluís Roca Serrano, was in charge of collecting the award.
Finally, a special prize was awarded to a collaborating entity, Foment del Treball Nacional, an entity that has collaborated with the COACB since the beginning 100 years ago, and the figure of its president Josep S'nchez Llibre, who has collected the award, has been highlighted.