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!
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!
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.
After an unplanned, busy period in which both Simon and I break some bones, we're back! Join us as we reflect on the past 5 months, what we've experienced as part of AMETEK so far and at the very end of the podcast, Simon drops the "Big" news: Kern Fortis HD is coming!
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!
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.
Welcome to the 9th episode of the Kern Competence Podcast!
Today Simon and I chat about something very dear to me - future technologies! We've had a couple of fantastic breakthroughs in milling, scribing, grinding of mundane materials like aluminium and brass, but also exotic, hard, brittle materials like technical ceramics and glass. Simon and I dig deep into how we, as a small enterprise, can be so innovative and what worth developing new technologies has.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.