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 Seats for Forklifts Torrance - Situated within the South Bay region of Los Angeles County is Torrance city. The city was incorporated during 1921 and now presently has an estimated population of 150,000 people. The city of Torrance is the 35th biggest within the state and the 8th largest in the county. Even with it's stunning, 1.5 mile shore front beaches bordering on the Pacific Ocean and the year round warm temperatures, Torrance is less visited by tourists as opposed to other parts of Southern California, such as Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes Estates. There is an average rainfall of 12.55 inches each year.
The city has lots of residential and tech businesses, with some automotive companies using Torrance as its headquarters. Some of these businesses include: Toyota Motor Sales, American Honda Motor Company, Honeywell's Garret Turbochargers, Tanabe racing development, Alpine Electronics, Speed Star Racing Wheels, Stoptech Brake, Koyo Radiators, Cosworth, and Edelbrock. Other 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 in the city. King's Hawaiian, that markets 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 as well.
Torrance is also a major player in the oil trade and offers most of Southern California's gasoline supply. Before, the city was littered with thousands of oil wells and derricks but as the supply of oil slowly diminishes, the number of wells goes down too. 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 location 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 situated throughout the city.
The AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) had its birthplace in Torrance and the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy also has its head office here.
Zamperini Field is Torrance's busy general aviation airport. It was initially named Torrance Airport but was renamed after Louis Zamperini, who was a WWII hero and a local track star. In 1974, it handled over 428,000 landings and take offs, but has ever since declined to a yearly average of 175,000 (about 473 per day). Among the major local problems of the city is the abatement of airport noise. Zamperini Field is the proud home of the Western Museum of Flight, that moved there in 2007.
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