{"id":12755,"date":"2023-12-21T08:45:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T05:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iktistakis.gr\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:59:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:59:25","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iktistakis.gr\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12755\" class=\"elementor elementor-12755 elementor-7195\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a40a2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48a40a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c10168b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c10168b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0b069b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0b069b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our company was founded in 1947 in Thessaloniki by Ioannis Ktistakis, focusing on the processing and casting of lead. 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