{"id":39053,"date":"2025-02-25T17:49:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evk.biz\/?p=39053"},"modified":"2025-05-27T12:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:36:09","slug":"interview-with-headwall-group-ceo-mark-willingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evk.biz\/en\/interview-with-headwall-group-ceo-mark-willingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Headwall Group CEO Mark Willingham"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39053\" class=\"elementor elementor-39053 elementor-39048\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd418e2 e-flex e-con-boxed sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd418e2\" 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-fae09ae sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fae09ae\" 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>EVK DI Kerschhaggl GmbH has been part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/headwallphotonics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Headwall Group<\/a> since January 2025. 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