Company Description:
Storm Industries, Inc. (SInd) is a diversified organization based in Torrance, California providing high-level management servicesadministrative, strategic, and financialto the Storm family of companies. SInd has evolved over 70 years from a basic manufacturing enterprise into a sophisticated and complex group of affiliated businesses. Today the company operates Storm Manufacturing and IPD as its manufacturing entities, Storm Properties as its industrial real estate arm, and Storm Western Development as a builder of quality residential homes.
The SInd enterprise is comprised of a variety of businesses diversified across numerous industries. These include industrial real estate, residential home construction, after-market replacement parts for diesel engines, irrigation products, and products for the groundwater and general industrial markets. The company has always operated in an entrepreneurial mode, and continues to be an active buyer, developer, and operator of businesses.
The firm's proven longevity is based on a corporate culture of adaptation to changing times. SInd's business-building spirit dates back to 1932, when Walter Storm launched Western Brass, the brass foundry that formed the cornerstone of SInd. The companys first diversification came after World War II, when Westrac, a tractor parts company, was launched, expanded, and then eventually sold in 1967. Under Mr. Storm's steady leadership, SInd expanded into such fields as brass castings, electronics, fluid transmission devices, construction, pressure valves, electric motors, and horse conditioners.
Current or previous brand names associated with Storm Industries, Inc. include: Buckner, IPD, Kingston, Omega Motors, Precision Transformer, Inc., Proven Pumps, Rain-trol, Storm Irrigation, West Ag, Western Brass Industries, Western Raintrol and Westwalk.
SInds future plans include continuing growth and diversification both through acquisition and the internal development of new products and new markets.
Storm Industries, Inc. (SInd) is a diversified organization based in Torrance, California providing high-level management servicesadministrative, strategic, and financialto the Storm family of companies. SInd has evolved over 70 years from a basic manufacturing enterprise into a sophisticated and complex group of affiliated businesses. Today the company operates Storm Manufacturing and IPD as its manufacturing entities, Storm Properties as its industrial real estate arm, and Storm Western Development as a builder of quality residential homes.
The SInd enterprise is comprised of a variety of businesses diversified across numerous industries. These include industrial real estate, residential home construction, after-market replacement parts for diesel engines, irrigation products, and products for the groundwater and general industrial markets. The company has always operated in an entrepreneurial mode, and continues to be an active buyer, developer, and operator of businesses.
The firm's proven longevity is based on a corporate culture of adaptation to changing times. SInd's business-building spirit dates back to 1932, when Walter Storm launched Western Brass, the brass foundry that formed the cornerstone of SInd. The companys first diversification came after World War II, when Westrac, a tractor parts company, was launched, expanded, and then eventually sold in 1967. Under Mr. Storm's steady leadership, SInd expanded into such fields as brass castings, electronics, fluid transmission devices, construction, pressure valves, electric motors, and horse conditioners.
Current or previous brand names associated with Storm Industries, Inc. include: Buckner, IPD, Kingston, Omega Motors, Precision Transformer, Inc., Proven Pumps, Rain-trol, Storm Irrigation, West Ag, Western Brass Industries, Western Raintrol and Westwalk.
SInds future plans include continuing growth and diversification both through acquisition and the internal development of new products and new markets.