{"id":984,"date":"2021-08-31T16:42:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T16:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/?page_id=984"},"modified":"2025-12-22T15:14:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:14:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"984\" class=\"elementor elementor-984\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a0b634 e-con-full solution-pages e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29a0b634\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c8aeb7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c8aeb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11966438 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11966438\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7af9f6f7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7af9f6f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-415ffe60 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"415ffe60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:600}\" 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>Since 1965, AST has been delivering innovative solutions \u2013 many of which were industry firsts and have since become industry standards. 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