Roller coaster manufacturer
Martin & Vleminckx Ltd.
MVR Rides Company type Private Industry
Manufacturing Founder Ghislain Martin Alain Vleminckx Headquarters , Area served
Worldwide Number of employees
50 Website
mvrides .com
Martin & Vleminckx is a
roller coaster manufacturing and construction company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
[1] with an affiliated office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a manufacturing facility in
Haines City, 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] 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.
Manufacturing
Rebuild
Retrack
Martin & Vleminckx has retracked 19 coasters
[29]
Roller coaster construction
Arkansas Twister at
Magic Springs and Crystal Falls
[30]
Batman: The Dark Knight at
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 at
Kentucky Kingdom
[2]
Comet at
Crystal Beach Park and
Great Escape
[31]
[32]
Dragon at
Legoland Florida
[9]
Flying Coaster at
Elitch Gardens Theme Park
[10]
Flying School at
Legoland Florida
[9]
Goliath at
La Ronde
[2]
Kingda Ka at
Six Flags Great Adventure
[6]
Le Monstre at
La Ronde
[33]
Le Vampire at
La Ronde
[2]
Roller Skater at
Kentucky Kingdom
[9]
Super Manège at
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 at
Cedar Point
[6]
Twisted Twins at
Kentucky Kingdom
[36]
X-Coaster at
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 .
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"Bolliger & Mabillard" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from
the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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b
"Chance Morgan" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from
the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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"WhiteWater acquires Hopkins" . Park World Magazine . 24 August 2012. Archived from
the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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"O.D. Hopkins" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from
the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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"Intamin" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from
the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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b
"Maurer Söhne" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from
the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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"ProSlide" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from
the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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b
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"Vekoma" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from
the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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b
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"Zamperla" . Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from
the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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a
b Marden, Duane.
"Coastersaurus (Legoland Florida)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 17 November 2013 .
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a
b Marden, Duane.
"Boardwalk Bullet (Kemah Boardwalk)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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"Boardwalk Bullet debuts at Kemah" . Park World Magazine . 23 October 2007. Archived from
the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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a
b Marden, Duane.
"Wooden Coaster - Fireball (Happy Valley Shanghai)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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"High Five!" . Park World Magazine : 29. April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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"Happy Valley Shanghai & Chengdu" . Park World Magazine . 18 August 2009. Archived from
the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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a
b Marden, Duane.
"Zippin Pippin (Bay Beach Amusement Park)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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b Marden, Duane.
"Dauling Dragon (Happy Valley Wuhan)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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b Marden, Duane.
"Fjord Flying Dragon (Happy Valley)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 17 November 2013 .
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b Marden, Duane.
"Time Travel (Hot Go Park)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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a
b Marden, Duane.
"Jungle Trailblazer (Oriental Heritage Jinan)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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a
b Marden, Duane.
"Jungle Trailblazer (Fantawild Dreamland Zhengzhou)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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a
b Marden, Duane.
"Jungle Trailblazer (Oriental Heritage Wuhu)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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a
b Marden, Duane.
"Jungle Trailblazer (Oriental Heritage Ningbo)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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a
b Marden, Duane.
"Jungle Trailblazer (Fantawild Dreamland Zhuzhou)" .
Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved 21 November 2013 .
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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 .
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"Zippin' Pippin' at Bay Beach" . Park World Magazine . 4 April 2011. Archived from
the original on 18 April 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2013 .
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"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 .
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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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