{"id":216,"date":"2020-10-26T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T10:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matis.mareframe.eu\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2025-08-25T13:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T13:21:50","slug":"um-matis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matis.is\/en\/um-matis\/","title":{"rendered":"About Mat\u00eds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At Mat\u00eds, we work on diverse projects in the food industry, where the focus is on innovation and value addition. 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