Kern Competence Podcast

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Dec 2025

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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.

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December 19, 2025Episode 352 min

S2 Episode 6 - XMAS Special

Simon, Sebastian and Marvin get together for another fun filled xmas episode. This time, they didn't run out of mulled wine...

September 21, 2025Episode 555 min

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!

September 2, 2025Episode 445 min

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!

July 30, 2025Episode 339 min

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.

June 26, 2025Episode 244 min

S2 Episode 2 - Catching up with Simon & Marvin

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!

February 4, 2025Episode 140 min

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!

December 30, 2024Episode 1059 min

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.

December 2, 2024Episode 91 hr 6 min

Episode 9 - Future Technologies

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.

October 30, 2024Episode 81 hr 31 min

Episode 8 - Arthur Turner Guest Episode

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

September 30, 2024Episode 71 hr 10 min

Episode 7 - MHD+ & IMTS 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.