{"id":127,"date":"2025-10-19T12:10:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesoleman.nl\/eng\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2026-05-12T05:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:21:51","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thesoleman.nl\/eng\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Soleman &#8211; About\u00a0Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"127\" class=\"elementor elementor-127\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a7323a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a7323a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c53395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c53395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8e7033 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8e7033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Trusted quality since 1995<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1423655 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1423655\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7f3348 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7f3348\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/thesoleman.nl\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/The-Soleman-website-bannervideo-HQ-v1.0-small.mov&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6618d38 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6618d38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381dea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"381dea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marco The Soleman <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f0a08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19f0a08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Founder Marco de Rooij began his career in orthopaedic shoe technology as an outsole craftsman at large, leading companies. At the same time, he completed various courses in podology, podoprostural therapy, and orthopaedic shoe technology. <\/strong><\/p><p>In 1995, Marco started his own practice, which grew within a few years into a multidisciplinary \u2018podo-centre\u2019 in the Hoeksche Waard, with branches in several Dutch hospitals. 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