XCENTRIC MOLD & ENGINEERING-CLINTON TOWNSHIP,MICH.Speed and Flexibility Help Molder/Moldmaker Fill a Niche in Product Development

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Brothers Brendan and Damon Weaver grew up in moldmaking,their father a tool builder himself.When they branched into injec-tion molding 22 years ago,founding Xcentric Mold & Engineering in Clinton Township,Mich.,they sought maximum efficiency in both areas,according to Xcentric's current CEO,Michael Rynerson.They asked themselves,”How do we make a company function as well as possible and be as profitable as possible?”.”A lot of it has come down to information management rather than actual making of the molds,”Rynerson says.”They were already very good at making molds,so it became,'How do I make this efficient?'“.Today,Xcentric's promise to customers,who range from designers and inventors to OEMs,is quotes in hours and molds and parts in days.Part runs can range from 25 to the thousands.Proprietary software and”tribal knowledge”accelerate quoting,machining and molding.Rynerson says Xcentric's appeal is the ability to bring speed and agility to various portions of the product-design cycle.