Fabrication & Machining
Custom parts, equipment repairs, modifications, and specialized fabrication.
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John K. Kalua · At work in Northern California · 2026
John Kalua — The “It’s No Problem” Man
Still Solving Problems.
Still Building Solutions.
Equipment breaks. Production can’t wait. Replacing everything isn’t always in the budget.
For decades, John Kalua has helped wineries and industrial operations find a practical way forward—repairing, modifying, designing, and building solutions when the answer wasn’t obvious.
Today, John and the NuTrend team bring that same ingenuity to your next challenge.
Custom Fabrication · Machining · Winery Solutions · Consulting · Biomass & Fire Resilience
Still working · Still designing · Still solving problems
Start with the problem
What do you need to solve?
When the usual answer won’t work—or costs more than your business can afford—start with John and the NuTrend team.
Wine Industry Solutions & Consulting
Practical help with equipment, production bottlenecks, mechanical improvements, and decisions about repair or replacement.
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Equipment design and mechanical problem-solving for vineyard, agricultural, and forestry materials.
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Development and consulting on equipment concepts and mechanical systems supporting mitigation and recovery.
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A practical starting point when an off-the-shelf solution doesn’t fit the job or the budget.
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Ingenuity at work. Then and now.
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Champagne Riddler Machine Installation
50+years of field-earned credibility
40–60+ yearsSome of John’s equipment remains in service.
Wineries · Hospitals · Manufacturingsystems designed, built, repaired, and trusted
Get to know NuTrend
The people. The approach. The work ahead.
John’s story
The working education behind fifty years of practical problem solving.
Meet the team
Design, engineering, construction, technology, and business development working together.
Our method
Understand the system, test assumptions, and restore useful function.
Current work
Explore the environmental and manufacturing systems NuTrend is developing.
Experience you can see.
The Problem. John’s Solution.
The Work That Lasted.
From winery production to difficult industrial installations, explore the equipment and projects behind John’s reputation for finding another way.
Wine & sparkling wine
Gondolas, tanks, crushers, hoppers, riddling systems, racks, catwalks, troubleshooting, and field-built solutions across Napa and Sonoma.
Industrial & public work
Hospital steel, a 120-foot bell tower, specialized retorts, fire-water infrastructure, fabrication systems, and difficult installations.
Wildfire, biomass & recovery
Connected approaches to accumulated biomass, wildfire risk, water, agriculture, manufacturing, and resilient communities.
The legacy continues
Still working. Still designing.
Still solving problems.
When machinery broke down, funds were tight, and the usual answer wouldn’t work, John Kalua found another way. “It’s No Problem” became his trademark. At 90, John is still designing, inventing, and working with the NuTrend team—from winery equipment and custom fabrication to biomass processing and fire resilience concepts.
His experience is available for the problem you’re facing today.
See what NuTrend is developing →Before you replace it, give up on it, or decide it can’t be done—talk to us.
Tell us what isn’t working, what you need to accomplish, and the constraints you’re facing. John and the NuTrend team can help you explore a practical way forward.
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