Exhibit 31(a)

                                   CERTIFICATE

I, John W. Jordan II, certify that:

1) I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Jordan Industries,
   Inc;

2) Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual report;

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

4) The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
   establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
   defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15) for the registrant and
   we 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 registrant, including
      its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
      entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is
      being prepared;

   b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
      procedures, and presented in this annual report our conclusions about the
      effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of
      the period covered by this annual report based on such evaluation; and

   c) Disclosed in this annual report any change in the registrant's internal
      control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered
      by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably
      likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
      financial reporting;

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

   a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
      operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant'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 registrant's internal
      control over financial reporting.





Date:__March 24, 2005_______
                                                /s/      John W. Jordan II
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                                                Name:  John W. Jordan II
                                                Title:  Chairman and CEO