EXHIBIT 31.1

                           SECTION 302
             CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


     I, Ray C. Brown, certify that:

     1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Unico,
Incorporated;

     2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this report;

     3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, the results of operations and cash flows of
the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;

     4.     The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
small business issuer and have:

     (a)     designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
             disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
             supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
             small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
             is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
             during the period in which this report is being prepared;

     (b)     evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
             disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
             our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
             controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
             this report based on such evaluation; and

     (c)     disclosed in this report any change in the small


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             business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that
             occurred  during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal
             quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the
             case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
             reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business
             issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

      5.     The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I
have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit
committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):

      (a)     all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
              internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
              likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability
              to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
              and

      (b)     any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
              other employees who have a significant role in the small
              business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.


                                      /s/ Ray C. Brown
Date:  October 17, 2003               __________________________________
                                      Ray C. Brown,
                                      Chief Executive Officer