The Kern Competence Podcast is hosted by Simon Eickholt, Managing Director and Dr. Marvin Groeb, Head of Future Technologies. It's a podcast where we chat about all things Kern and Precision.
Simon, Sebastian and Marvin get together for another fun filled xmas episode. This time, they didn't run out of mulled wine...
21 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT
S2 Episode 5 - Technical Details of the Kern Fortis HD
Simon, Verena and Marvin get together to discuss the technical details of this year's hottest new machine tool - the Kern Fortis HD, a large, super precise 5X CNC machine.
If you are at EMO 2025 - come by the Kern booth in Hall 12 and take a look for yourself!
2 Sept 2025
S2 Episode 4 - Development of the Kern Fortis HD
In this episode of the Kern competence podcast we chat with the project lead of the Kern Fortis HD development - Christian joins us to talk about design, technology and challenges!
30 Jul 2025
S2 Episode 3 - Next Gen Machine Development Part 1
We dig deeper into the upcoming Kern Fortis HD. Simon and Marvin discuss what makes Kern develop a new product, how does the voice of the customer come into play and how we look at the market.
26 Jun 2025
S2 Episode 2 - Catching up with Simon & Marvin
Hosts Simon and Marvin reflect on their experiences at AMETEK over the past five months and tease the upcoming Kern Fortis HD in this episode.
4 Feb 2025
S2 Episode 1 - Kern joins Ametek
In the first episode of season 2 of the Kern competence podcast, Simon and Sebastian casually drop huge news: Kern is acquired by AMETEK! Together with Dr. Marv they dig into the why, what, and how of that and what the future holds for us all!
30 Dec 2024
Episode 10 - Simon, Sebastian and Marvin become "FUTURISTS"
Welcome to the 10th and final ! Episode of the first Season of the Kern Competence Podcast.
Today, Simon Sebastian and Marvin chat about the future. Join us as we wildly hallucinate what the coming year(s) bring and hit topics such as technology, the young people and the state of the market.
Disclaimer: We are not always this funny but had a lot of fun for this episode. Take everything with a spoon full of salt :-)
Note: This episode was recorded at the beginning of December 2024.
2 Dec 2024
Episode 9 - Future Technologies
Kern Competence Podcast host Kern and Simon explore innovative technologies in milling, scribing, and grinding, revealing the value of developing new technologies for small enterprises.
30 Oct 2024
Episode 8
Welcome to the 8th episode of the Kern Competence Podcast!
Today I am joined by Arthur Turner - a longstanding member of the Kern Family. Arthur took on the UK sales for Kern in the 90s. We chat about doing an apprenticeship in manufacturing in the 60s, what Kern was like in the 90s, how new machine models changed the way we are recognised - but most of all, that quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.
Note: This episode was recorded in October 2024
30 Sept 2024
Episode 7
Welcome to the 7th episode of the Kern Competence Podcast. Today I am -finally- joined again by Simon Eickholt.
Simon and I catch up - IMTS, AMB, then talk about the market situation, product differentiation, the new MHD+ and finally AMBROSIUS.
29 Aug 2024
Episode 6
Welcome to the 6th Episode of the Kern Competence Podcast!
Today I am joined by our senior developer Fabian Tripkewitz - we have a pretty deep talk about the new hydrostatic swivel axis in the upcoming HD+, as he is the project lead on this one.
A link to Fabian's publications:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fabian-Tripkewitz
Note: This episode was recorded in August 2024
8 Aug 2024
Episode 5
Welcome to the 5th episode of the Kern Competence Podcast!
Today I am joined by our CEO Sebastian Guggenmos - we dig into our brand new machine, which will be launched at IMTS / AMB this fall! The Micro HD+ has 3 exciting inventions - but we also talk innovation culture, hiring and HR.
Note: This episode was recorded in July 2024
30 Jun 2024
Episode 4
Welcome to the 4th episode of the Kern Competence Podcast!
This time Simon and I are digging into sales- specifically, technical sales. How do you keep selling a product successfully? Where does Kern take a different approach to other machine tool builders?
Note: This episode was recorded in May 2024.
30 May 2024
Episode 3
Welcome to the third episode of the Kern Competence Podcast!
This time we dig into the science and engineering behind the Micro HD. Why is aluminium used for the axis? What is so special about our hydrostatic guidewaysystem?
Note: This episode was recorded in May 2024.
29 Apr 2024
Episode 2
Welcome to the second episode of the Kern Competence Podcast. In this episode, we look at what marketing is, why Kern probably does it different and chat about product differentiation. Don't worry, this is not about advertisements, but about running a business with a strategy!
Note: this episode was recorded in June, 2023.
24 Mar 2024
Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode of the Kern Competence Podcast. We dig a little bit into the past of our CEO Simon, chat about the differentiation between the Micro Vario and HD.
Note: This Episode was recorded in 2023.
Inside a recent episode
S2 Episode 6 - XMAS Special
Published 19 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And since then, that moment defined how I tackle every project. I try to have flawless methods I use. I try to not take shortcuts, but also to really deeply involve myself and question everything in the beginning. Because when you start with something new, I've now spent the last one and a half years working on a CNC polishing technology. When you start with something new, you're immediately like, okay, polishing is easy. You take something soft and an abrasive and then you arrive at a shiny mirror surface. And from the beginning of that project, I questioned everything, but did pyramid methodology. […]
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