Henry Ford revolutionized the moving production line with automotive assembly here in the United States. More than a century ago, the Model T and block-cast V-8 became synonymous with both quality and innovation. That spirit still flourishes today. In fact, in Statesboro there is a homegrown entrepreneur and inventor with the same last name leading a company with the same dedication to detail and to finding ways to make things happen. Harry Ford III, a Bulloch County neighbor for most of his life, has applied his namesake’s principal of making the best better in his local company – SESOLINC. Though Henry Ford is not a relative, Harry Ford’s visionary “bulldog” approach to problem solving reveals a parallel kinship in ways that matter – simplicity and an emphasis on affordability in all his company’s products. A graduate of Georgia Southern University, Ford is a former commissioned Army Aviation Officer whose service included deployment planning – intermodal movement – and virtually all transportation logistics. “Military service taught me to think in terms of mission readiness, agility and resource management,” he said. “Our products are investments in mission accomplishment.” Ford founded his company in 1994 as Southeastern Solutions, Inc. and later re-incorporated as SESOLINC GRP, Inc. The company builds movable, modular structures used for defense, emergency response, industrial and commercial work, all out of its Statesboro plant off Highway 301 North, just down the road…
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