{"id":22567,"date":"2025-10-10T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metzen.stage-gd.de\/?p=22567"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:03:13","slug":"lars-hagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metzen.org\/en\/team-en\/lars-hagen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lars Hagen"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[603],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-en"],"acf":{"case_studies_mit_diesem_user":"","kategorie-team":"","name":"Lars Hagen","position":"Managing Director Materials","ort":"Sonsbeck","email":"lars.hagen@metzen.org","mobil":"+ 49 173 1560 991","telefon":"+ 49 2838 3730","linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lars-hagen-06b369a6\/","biografie":"<p>Lars Hagen manages both the technical department and the business of KR\u00d6GER Greifertechnik, a product brand of METZEN. 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