Roller coaster manufacturer
Martin & Vleminckx Ltd. MV Rides Company type Private Industry Manufacturing Founder Ghislain Martin Headquarters , Area served
Worldwide Number of employees
50 Website mvrides
Martin & Vleminckx Ltd. (doing business as MV Rides ) is a thrill ride and roller coaster manufacturing and construction company headquartered in Montreal , Québec, Canada[ 1] Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, a manufacturing facility in Orlando, Florida , United States, and two subsidiaries, including a warehouse in China.
History
Martin & Vleminckx, founded in 1984, is a world leader in the design, manufacture, fabrication and installation of traditional wooden roller coasters.
In November 2022, Martin & Vleminckx acquired the patent portfolio of Bill Kitchen that includes products such as the Unicoaster®, the Unicoaster® 2.0, the SkyBlazer™, the Skyspire™, the Polercoaster™, the G-Storm™, the Vistawheel™ and the Thrillwheel™.
The company offer an innovative and exciting attractions catalogue of products to serve the amusement park and recreational industry.
Projects
Since 1984, Martin & Vleminckx has erected over 100 roller coasters and other amusement rides manufactured by a variety of companies from around the world. Including: Bolliger & Mabillard ,[ 2] Chance Morgan ,[ 3] Hopkins Rides ,[ 4] [ 5] Intamin ,[ 6] Maurer AG ,[ 7] ProSlide Technology ,[ 8] Vekoma ,[ 9] Zamperla ,[ 10] The Gravity Group .
Manufacturing
Rebuild
Retrack
Martin & Vleminckx has retracked 18 coasters[ 29]
Roller coaster construction
Arkansas Twister Magic Springs and Crystal Falls [ 30] Batman: The Dark Knight Six Flags New England [ 2] Boomerangs at Elitch Gardens Theme Park , Jerudong Park , Kentucky Kingdom , La Ronde , Montjuïc , Parque de la Costa , Six Flags Fiesta Texas , Six Flags Mexico , Six Flags New Orleans , Visionland , and Wild Adventures [ 9] Chang Kentucky Kingdom [ 2] Comet Crystal Beach Park and Great Escape [ 31] [ 32] Dragon at Legoland Florida [ 9] Flying Coaster Elitch Gardens Theme Park [ 10] Flying School Legoland Florida [ 9] Goliath La Ronde [ 2] Kingda Ka Six Flags Great Adventure [ 6] Le Monstre La Ronde [ 33] Le Vampire La Ronde [ 2] Roller Skater Kentucky Kingdom [ 9] Super Manège La Ronde [ 9] Suspended Looping Coasters at Elitch Gardens Theme Park , Hunt's Pier , Kentucky Kingdom , Magic Springs and Crystal Falls , Opryland , Parque de la Costa , Six Flags America , Six Flags New England , and Wild Adventures [ 9] Thundercoaster at Tusenfryd [ 34] Thunder Eagle at Belle Island Village[ 35] Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point [ 6] Twisted Twins Kentucky Kingdom [ 36] X-Coaster Magic Springs and Crystal Falls [ 7]
Amusement ride construction
List of roller coasters
As of 2019, Martin & Vleminckx has built 16 roller coasters around the world.[ 37]
References
^ Company History "Home" . Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2014-02-27 .
^ a b c d e "Bolliger & Mabillard" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ a b "Chance Morgan" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ "WhiteWater acquires Hopkins" . Park World Magazine . 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ a b c d "O.D. Hopkins" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ a b c d e f g "Intamin" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ a b "Maurer Söhne" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ "ProSlide" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ a b c d e f g h i j "Vekoma" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ a b c d e "Zamperla" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ a b Marden, Duane. "Coastersaurus (Legoland Florida)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 17 November 2013 . ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Boardwalk Bullet (Kemah Boardwalk)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ "Boardwalk Bullet debuts at Kemah" . Park World Magazine . 23 October 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ a b Marden, Duane. "Wooden Coaster - Fireball (Happy Valley Shanghai)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ a b "High Five!" . Park World Magazine : 29. April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ "Happy Valley Shanghai & Chengdu" . Park World Magazine . 18 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ a b Marden, Duane. "Zippin Pippin (Bay Beach Amusement Park)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Dauling Dragon (Happy Valley Wuhan)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Fjord Flying Dragon (Happy Valley)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 17 November 2013 . ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Time Travel (Hot Go Park)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer (Oriental Heritage Jinan)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer (Fantawild Dreamland Zhengzhou)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer (Oriental Heritage Wuhu)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer (Oriental Heritage Ningbo)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer (Fantawild Dreamland Zhuzhou)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer (Oriental Heritage Xiamen)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer (Fantawild Asian Legend)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ "Zippin' Pippin' at Bay Beach" . Park World Magazine . 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .^ "Coaster Repair & Refurbishment" . Martin & Vleminckx. Retrieved 21 July 2017 .^ Marden, Duane. "Arkansas Twister (Magic Springs & Crystal Falls)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 17 November 2013 . ^ Marden, Duane. "Comet (Crystal Beach)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 17 November 2013 . ^ Marden, Duane. "Comet (Great Escape)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 17 November 2013 . ^ Marden, Duane. "Monstre (La Ronde)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 17 November 2013 . ^ Marden, Duane. "Thundercoaster (TusenFryd)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 17 November 2013 . ^ Marden, Duane. "Thunder Eagle (Belle Island Village)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 17 November 2013 . ^ Marden, Duane. "Twisted Twins (Kentucky Kingdom)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 17 November 2013 . ^ Martin & Vleminckx - rcdb.com ^ Marden, Duane. "Unknown (Sunac Jinan)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 . ^ Marden, Duane. "Leviathan (Sea World)" . Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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