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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] with an affiliated office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a manufacturing facility in Orlando, Florida, United States, and two subsidiaries, including a warehouse in China.
MV Rides | |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Manufacturing |
Founder | Ghislain Martin Alain Vleminckx |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 50 |
Website | mvrides |
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.
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] Martin & Vleminckx installed the two tallest roller coasters in the world; Kingda Ka in New Jersey, and Top Thrill Dragster in Ohio. Martin & Vleminckx has built wooden roller coasters all over the world. Some key rides include the Fireball, the first wooden roller coaster ever built in China, and the Leviathan, the first wooden roller coaster in Australia since 1985. Most roller coasters manufactured by Martin & Vleminckx were designed by The Gravity Group.
Martin & Vleminckx also conducts repair and maintenance works on coasters around the world including Boulder Dash & Wildcat at Lake Compounce, USA and Coaster at PNE in Vancouver, Canada.
Martin & Vleminckx has retracked 18 coasters[29]
As of 2019, Martin & Vleminckx has built 16 roller coasters around the world.[37]
Name | Model | Park | Country | Opened | Status | Ref |
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Coastersaurus | Wood Support Structure | Legoland Florida | United States | 2004 | Operating | [11] |
Boardwalk Bullet | Wood Support Structure | Kemah Boardwalk | United States | 2007 | Operating | [12] |
Wooden Coaster - Fireball | Wood Support Structure | Happy Valley Shanghai | China | 2009 | Operating | [14] |
Zippin Pippin | Wood Support Structure | Bay Beach Amusement Park | United States | 2011 | Operating | [17] |
Dauling Dragon | Wood Support Structure | Happy Valley Wuhan | China | 2012 | Operating | [18] |
Fjord Flying Dragon | Wood Support Structure | Happy Valley Tianjin | China | 2013 | Operating | [19] |
Time Travel | Wood Support Structure | Hot Go Park | China | 2014 | Operating | [20] |
Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Oriental Heritage Jinan | China | 2015 | Operating | [21] |
Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Fantawild Dreamland Zhengzhou | China | 2015 | Operating | [22] |
Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Oriental Heritage Wuhu | China | 2015 | Operating | [23] |
Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Oriental Heritage Ningbo | China | 2016 | Operating | [24] |
Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Fantawild Dreamland Zhuzhou | China | 2016 | Operating | [25] |
Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Oriental Heritage Xiamen | China | 2017 | Operating | [26] |
Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Fantawild Asian Legend | China | 2018 | Operating | [27] |
Wooden Dragons Roller Coaster | Wood Support Structure | Sunac Jinan | China | 2021 | Operating | [38] |
Leviathan | Wood Support Structure | Sea World | Australia | 2022 | Operating | [39] |
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