Kern GmbH, based in Bensheim, is the German sales and service subsidiary of the Swiss Kern AG and operates sales, service and central spare-parts supply for customers and sister companies. As of 31 December 2024 the headcount was 90 employees; 74 (82.2%) worked in service, 6 (6.7%) in administration and 9 (10.0%) in sales; the average number of employees during fiscal year 2024 was 100. The product portfolio focuses on inserting systems (kernMail), packaging systems such as the PackOnTime 2box and comprehensive service offerings (kernService); for example the Kern 3600 can process C6/5–B5 envelopes at up to 27,000 cycles per hour. In fiscal year 2024 the Smart Terminals business unit was sold and removed from the product range; software license and maintenance contracts were transferred to kernTerminal AG, while used and reconditioned machines are actively repurchased and sold.
Die Herstellung und der Verkauf von Maschinen, Apparaten, Systemen und Software aller Art und alle damit zusammenhängenden Tätigkeiten.
Converted using the official Destatis and Eurostat correspondence tables; ISIC Rev. 4 is the United Nations' international industry classification.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Darmstadt Local Court, HRB 25218 (as of 30 October 2026)
| Name | Type | City |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Benkner | Geschäftsführer(in) | Gückingen |
| Rainer Rindfleisch | Geschäftsführer(in) | Zwingenberg |
| Stefan Wüthrich | Geschäftsführer(in) | CH-Bremgarten |
Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Darmstadt Local Court, HRB 25218 (as of 30 October 2026)
| Date | Contract | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 13.6.2025 | Supplier · Einkauf der Stadt Duisburg (10-31) | 966.849 € |
| Year | Revenue | Profit | Balance | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rohergebnis€12M2 | €572,119 | €11,037,541 | — |
| 2023 | Rohergebnis€12.2M2 | €785,151 | €10,485,816 | — |
| 2022 | Rohergebnis€10.9M2 | €289,424 | €8,550,225 | — |
| 2021 | Rohergebnis€10.5M2 | -€51,990 | €8,220,574 | — |
| 2020 | Rohergebnis€11.1M2 | €383,082 | €8,057,591 | — |
| 2019 | Rohergebnis€11.2M2 | €138,718 | €11,424,804 | — |
| 2018 | Rohergebnis€11M2 | €202,643 | €12,127,701 | — |
| 2017 | Rohergebnis€10.6M2 | -€23,652 | €12,583,448 | — |
| 2016 | Rohergebnis€11.5M2 | €343,418 | €13,576,822 | — |
| 2015 | Rohergebnis€13.3M2 | €1,279,327 | €14,952,053 | — |
1 Small companies are not required to publish a profit-and-loss statement (§ 326 (1) HGB). The figure shown is the statutory ceiling under § 267 HGB where the balance-sheet total makes it binding — a company may exceed at most one of the three size criteria.
2 Rohergebnis nach § 276 HGB: Umsatzerlöse abzüglich Materialaufwand bzw. Herstellungskosten. Kleine und mittelgroße Kapitalgesellschaften dürfen diese Posten zusammenfassen; die Umsatzerlöse selbst sind dann nicht veröffentlicht und liegen über dem Rohergebnis.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Darmstadt Local Court, HRB 25218 (as of 30 October 2026)
| Cost type | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel Costs | €7,843,925 | 97.3% |
| Depreciation | €214,317 | 2.7% |
