Tom Molnar was part of the K1 startup, I believe he was designer at another high end hard part company before K1. Says on the website that he has more than 35 years doing cranks and rods.

Molnar left K1 to run his own business.
K1 was bought by Wiseco. Now they can sell you a complete rotating assembly.

It's easy to have your own crank and rod or cylinder head company nowadays. Just check out all the suppliers at alibaba.com I believe it's safe to say that any $800 or less crank, and any $600 and less set of rods, came out of China. You may or may not do finish machining or dimensional checking in the States. They'll laser etch or stamp or whatever your name on the rod and voila! You are a connecting rod company.

I'm not throwing mud at Tom Molnar. The Chinese designs are rather generic. I believe that Tom will add his input to get closer to what he wants. Plus his personal involvement in the company means the customer is at least two or three steps closer to top management.

R.