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 Forklift Masts Torrance - Located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County is the city of Torrance. The city was incorporated during the year 1921 and now presently has an estimated population of 150,000 people. Torrance city is the 35th biggest within the state and the 8th largest in the county. Even with it's gorgeous, 1.5 mile shore front beaches bordering on the Pacific Ocean and the year round warm temperatures, Torrance is less visited by people compared to other parts of Southern California, like Palos Verdes Estate and Redondo Beach. There is an average rainfall of 12.55 inches per year.
The city has lots of residential and tech firms, with some automotive companies utilizing Torrance as its head office. Among these businesses include: Toyota Motor Sales, American Honda Motor Company, Honeywell's Garret Turbochargers, Tanabe racing development, Alpine Electronics, Speed Star Racing Wheels, Koyo Radiators, Stoptech Brakes, Edelbrock and Cosworth. Some companies that have headquarters within Torrance are Lakai, Globe, Sunrider International, Tecmo, and Tablet Kiosk. Panasonic has a DVD-Ram and Blue-Ray media manufacturing plant within the city. King's Hawaiian, that sells the leading brand of Hawaiian bread in North American, has its main baking facility situated in Torrance. Robinson Helicopters are designed and built in the city too.
Torrance's oil economy is big and provides the majority of Southern California's gasoline supply. The city was once littered with literally thousands of oil wells and derricks, but the number of wells has declined when the supply of the oil has diminished. Within the northern part of the city is the ExxonMobil refining facility. Before the Pacific Electric Railway closed down, Torrance was an important hub and shop site of the train.
The city of Torrance has prided itself on being able to combine the beauty of the surrounding nature to the ideal metropolitan lifestyle. In the city, there are 90,000 or more lining the roads and thirty parks situated throughout the city.
Torrance was the birthplace of AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) and is also the head office of Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy.
Torrance has a busy general aviation airport called Zamperini Field. It was previously named the Torrance Airport but was renamed after Louis Zamperini, a former local track star and WWII hero. In 1974, it dealt with more than 428,000 landings and take offs, but has ever since declined to a yearly average of 175,000 (about 473 each day). Amongst the major local issues of the city is the abatement of airport noise. Zamperini Field is the proud home of the Western Museum of Flight, which moved there during the year 2007.
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