Akto S.A.

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Aθηναϊκός Καλλιτεχνικός Τεχνολογικός Όμιλος Athenian Artistic Technological Group
Type	Incorporated
Founded	Athens, Greece (1971)
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Key people	Vlasis Vellios, Founder Charalampos Maniotis, CEO
Industry	Private Education
Employees	60
Website	www.akto.gr

The Athenian Artistic and Technological Group was founded in 1971 by Mr. Vlasis Vellios, conjectural artist and creator of the Applied Arts in partnership with a group of important artists. The school is an innovative organization that developed for the first time in Greece the departments of Industrial & Product Design and Photography. AKTO was also the first to introduce high technology in the domain of the arts. Today is the largest private educational group of our country in the domain of Art & Design. More than two thousand students attend the various programs at ΑΚΤΟ each year, whereas a hundred and fifty are the tutors. Ever since the beginning of the 1990s AKTO entered into a partnership with Middlesex University of London, of which it is now a validated college, upgrading thus its programs at the university level.