May 2010
Press Release
Tom Landis has joined JNA Partners, LLC and will be an itergral part of our start-up support opperation allowing JNA Partners to be activly invpved in fund raising for first and second stage start-up businesses. Mr. Landis has over seven years of fund raising experience and over 20 years of sales and marketing experience which include roles in sales, sales management, VP of sales and Director of Sales and Marketing. Previous to joining JNA Partners Mr. Landis was the co-founder of the real estate fund of funds group at Mesirow Financial and was responsible for the sales and marketing of the division. He has experience building and organizing sales teams on a regional and national basis in the institutional investment advisory and high tech industries. Mr. Landis has experience working with the investment needs of institutional investors, and their consultants, with regards to alternative investments, equities and fixed income. Mr. Landis was an integral member of the management team that built WAM!NET, a high tech start-up company, from annual sales of $7 million to $64 million in three years. Mr. Landis received a bachelor of science degree from Michigan State University and holds a series 7 and 63 license.
December 2009 
Press Release
JNA has been retained by three Detroit based service companies to support restructuring activities, Angelic Care, Inc. and Angle Land a 501 (3)C business perform child care services for DOD, FAA and private organizations and TWW and Associates, Inc. provides social service sub-contracting in the City of Detroit. JNA will provide restructuring services that prepare the businesses for growth in the North American Market.
November 2009
Press Release
For immediate release Contact: John Newman (248) 912-8526
Steve Swanson (313) 475-8214
LevelSet Solutions Joins JNA Partners Business Network
NORTHVILLE, Mich. October 14, 2009 – JNA Partners, an organization providing business start- up assistance and LevelSet Solutions, a business-technology solutions provider, signed an agreement Tuesday adding LevelSet Solutions to JNA’s list of partner companies.
JNA founder and managing partner, John Newman, was the president of Comau Pico, Inc. before launching JNA and establishing it as a premier business to business networking firm. The goal of JNA is to select partnering companies that are privately held, financially stable and willing to work in a variety of markets and then provide a total solution for end customers through these companies allowing for quicker cycle time, reduction in single focus working capital risk and a broader knowledge base to tap into.
LevelSet Solutions, founded by Steve Swanson, former CIO of Budco, and Mike Honner, former owner of Honner Consulting, bring to JNA over 45 collective years of business technology experience. They will provide a focused set of business-technology services and solutions centered on custom business software and integration, technology strategy, crisis/turnaround projects and process re/engineering with the end goal to help businesses be efficient, productive and profitable.
For more information: JNA Partners: http://jnewmanassociates.com/default.aspx
LevelSet Solutions: http://www.levelsetsolutions.com/index.htm
September 2009
MAGNYS a company providing industrial solutions located in Novi, Michigan and JNA of Northville, Michigan have signed an agreement that adds MAGNYS to the JNA Partner Companies. Magnys core competencies include:
- Confidential Advanced Planning
- Program Management
- Bid & Specification Development
- Process & Product Engineering
- Sequencing/Containerization Management
- 3-Dimensional Simulation Modeling
- Facility & Tooling Layout
- Installation & Launch Support
- Lean Manufacturing Studies
- Custom Software Solutions
JNA has started representing MAGNYS services in the markets serviced by the JNA Networking Team.
" MAGNYS adds a high end Management and Engineering business to our client portfolio. Our goal is to have a portfolio of complementing clients that can service an entire Capital Equipment program from start to finish"
Jon Kurkowski Co-Managing Partner JNA.
September 2009
Joseph Canedo formally with JDC consulting and DTE Energy Trading Inc. has joined the JNA Partners. Joe adds expertise in Energy Financial Modeling and Risk Management to the JNA team, working in the Business Start-up support area of our organization. We welcome Joe to our growing team.
August 2009 
JNA has been engaged to assist the Krueger Group, Inc., for business re-launch assistance including developing a business plan and securing financing. Krueger Group includes two existing businesses, GMR and IMTS and the intellectual property from the HR Krueger Inc, and Elcon Systems, Inc., businesses. Krueger Group, Inc., is located in Brighton, Michigan.
August 2009
JNA has been engaged to assist CEnergy for business start-up assistance including developing a business plan and securing financing for a Small Scale Wind Farm, Independent Power Provider business model. CEnergy was founded in 2006 and is located in Shelby Township, Michigan.
June 2009
JNA has signed a Referal Agreement with investment banking firm O'Keefe and Associates. Birmingham, Michigan based O'Keefe and Associates specializes in: Business Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Business Turn Around Support .
"O'Keefe and Associates adds another deminsion to the JNA Services Portfolio, giving our team and clients access to a well respected Investment Banking partner for actvities within the JNA Partnering Companies as well as non-parntering companies. We expect that our relationship will grow over time to include JNA partnering with O'Keefe in other areas of their business." Jon Kurkowski Co-Managing Partner JNA
May 2009
Diamond Automation Ltd. Announces
Diamond Automation has joined JNA business network, JNA has quickly grown into one of the premier business-to- business networking firms. By joining JNA it allows Diamond Automation to better serve a broad range of manufacturing markets such as Automotive, Agricultural, Construction Vehicle, Military Vehicle, Recreational and Food Processing just to name a few.
JNA's Networking Team has over 20 Years of World Wide experience in Capital Equipment Manufacturing, Corporate Risk Management, IT and Technical Staffing markets.
In a ever changing global market it is imparitive to be able to adapt to clients request, JNA provides the experience and staff to help Diamond Automation provide those. |
Diamond Automation is a Full Service Automation company, providing solutions for over thirty years. |
Diamond Automation Ltd. Andrew Richards Executive Vice President |
April 2009
Equipment Liquidation and Reseller Maynard's Indutries, Inc.
and JNA have formed aliance for the resale of Industrilal
Automation.
April 2009 
Arbec Tool & Machine Ltd. a Windsor ,Ontario industrial automation manufacturer and JNA of Northville, Michigan have signed an agreement that adds Arbec to the JNA Partner Companies. JNA has started representing Arbec and Arbec products in the markets serviced by the JNA Networking Team.
" Arbec is our second Ontario based client and we believe that they fit within our Partner Company profile very well. We are looking forward to presenting Arbec to customers and markets serviced by the JNA team. We are also pursuing JNA Network Team partners in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) that will help us expose our clients to the diverse industrial market in the GTA are." John Newman Co-Managing Partner JNA"
February 2009
Industrial Automation, LLC a company providing
industrial automation and special assembly and test equipmentin Auburn Hills, Michigan and JNA of Northville, Michigan have signed an agreement that adds IA to the JNA Partner Companies. JNA has started representing IA and IA products in the markets serviced by the JNA Networking Team.
" Industrial Automation adds another facet to our client portfolio. Our goal is to have a portfolio of complementing clients that can service an entire Capital Equipment program from start to finish"
Jon Kurkowski Co-Managing Partner JNA.
Febraury 2009
Fabian Ciavaglia President FJC Holdings LLC has joined the JNA Networking team. Fabian and JNA Founder, President and Co-Managing Partner John Newman worked together at Comau Pico Inc. Fabian last served as a Program Manager for a large vehicle assembly launch with Comau Pico, then went on to an International Assignment supporting an Automotive Manufacturer.
" We are happy to have Fabian on our team, he will be a dynamic asset to our Partner Companies with his contacts in International Vehicle Manufacturing, Construction Management and Alternative Energy markets."
John Newman Co-Manageing Partner JNA
February 2009
Dearborn Midwest Conveyor Company a company providing standard and custom conveyor systems located in Taylor, Michigan and JNA of Northville, Michigan have signed an agrement that adds DMW to the JNA Partner Companies. JNA has started representing DMW in markets serviced by the JNA Networking Team.
" Dearborn Midwest has been a leader in the markets it has serviced for many years, we are proud to have them as a Partner Company and we are looking forward to a long standing relationship." John Newman Co-Manageing Partner JNA
February 2009 
JNA takes equity stake in AmeriCan Applied Technologies (AAT) a Windsor based engineering business specializing in Electrical Controls Design, Industrial P.C., Programmable Logic Controller, Robotic and Vision System Software Engineering,Programming and Start-up.