{"id":19981,"date":"2022-12-02T15:56:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T14:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scewo.com\/?page_id=19981"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:13:57","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scewo.com\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"gradient\"><\/div>\n\n<video class=\"rocket-video d-none d-sm-block d-md-block\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.scewo.com\/wp-content\/themes\/scewo\/img\/rakete-desktop.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scewo.com\/wp-content\/themes\/scewo\/img\/rakete-desktop.mp4\" autoplay loop muted playsinline preload><\/video>\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rocket-video d-block d-sm-none d-md-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scewo.com\/wp-content\/themes\/scewo\/img\/rakete-mobile.gif\">\n\n\n<section id=\"res-rocket-block_a2a3ad057ba5445fdb3cd2c60a1adc70\" class=\"res-block res-rocket  transparent\" style=\"background-color: transparent;\">\n\t<div class=\"inner-container container-off\" data-aos=\"res-topIncoming\">\n\n\n<div class=\"meilensteine\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"layout-rocket row py-2\" data-aos=\"res-downIncomingMore\" data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos-offset=\"220\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-9 col-sm-9 col-md-4 col-lg-4 txt-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Full speed ahead into new markets | September 2024<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt-text postContent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have now gone beyond the DACH region (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) and successfully expanded our presence into France, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Belgium, and Luxembourg. 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