In the early 1970s, Hal Wing was a salesman living in Germany, forging a friendship with an inventor who created a ladder that Hal thought was a technological marvel.

Germany's government warns against over-dependence. ... Ferdinand Munk's family has made ladders here for 120 years, long enough to know who's worth doing business with.

A new warehouse with a freshly unboxed smell is the consequence of the coronavirus pandemic for the German ladder, stool and scaffold-maker Munk. Paris Olympics 2024 Africa Cup of Nations 2023 ...