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 Forklift Attachments Torrance - Torrance is situated within the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. It was incorporated in 1921 and currently hosts a population of roughly 149,111. The city is the 8th largest in the county and the 35th largest within the state. Even with it's beautiful, 1.5 mile shore front beaches bordering on the Pacific Ocean and the year round warm temperatures, Torrance is less visited by people then other parts of Southern California, like Palos Verdes Estate and Redondo Beach. There is an average rainfall of 12.55 inches each and every year.
The city has a lot of tech and residential firms, with some automotive companies using Torrance as its head office. Amongst 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, Cosworth, and Edelbrock. Some companies that have head office within Torrance are Lakai, Globe, Sunrider International, Tablet Kiost and Tecmo. Panasonic has a Blue-Ray and DVD-RAM media manufacturing plant within the city. King's Hawaiian, that markets the leading brand of Hawaiian bread within North American, has its main baking facility situated in Torrance. Robinson Helicopters are built and designed in the city as well.
Torrance's oil economy is large and provides most 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 as the supply of the oil has diminished. In the northern part of the city is the ExxonMobil refining facility. Before the Pacific Electric Railway closed down, Torrance was an essential hub and shop site of the train.
The city prides itself in combining the ideal metropolitan lifestyle with the beauty of nature. There are more than 90,000 street trees lining the roads and thirty parks located all over the city.
Torrance was the birthplace of AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) and is likewise the headquarters of Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy.
Torrance has a busy general aviation airport known as Zamperini Field. It was previously named the Torrance Airport but was renamed after Louis Zamperini, a WWII hero and a former local track star. During 1974, it handled over 428,000 landings and take offs, but has ever since declined to an annual average of 175,000 (about 473 each day). Among 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 in 2007.
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