{"id":6512,"date":"2023-05-25T09:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T07:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentialvans.at\/?page_id=6512"},"modified":"2025-12-17T20:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:30:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/essentialvans.at\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ep-page-header-block_9a764e6370b28c7ee9ee896556e4415e\" class=\"ep-page-header ep-block \">\n                        <div class=\"show-frontend\">\n                <div class=\"inner\">\n                                                                                \n                    <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n                        <picture>\n                            <source srcset=\"https:\/\/essentialvans.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ev-header-ueber-uns-1920x540-c-center.png 1x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\"\/>\n                            <source 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<div>\n                                                            <h6 class=\"subtitle\">CEO<\/h6>\n                            \n                                                            <h2 class=\"title\">Christopher Bickford<\/h2>\n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"text\"><div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-691c46ca-9d14-8330-8eee-5b28b0b83639-11\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-288\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] 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