Kern Competence Podcast

Oct 30 2024 7 ep. 76 mins 13

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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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Episode 8

Oct 30 2024 91 mins

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 remembe

Episode 7

Sep 30 2024 70 mins

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.

Episode 6

Aug 29 2024 84 mins

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 20

Episode 5

Aug 07 2024 82 mins

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

Episode 4

Jun 30 2024 72 mins

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.

Episode 3

May 30 2024 63 mins

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.

Episode 2

Apr 29 2024 73 mins

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.

Episode 1

Mar 24 2024 90 mins

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.