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Martin & Vleminckx

Martin & Vleminckx

Roller coaster manufacturer

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.

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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

Amusement ride construction

List of roller coasters


As of 2019, Martin & Vleminckx has built 16 roller coasters around the world.[37]

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References

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    "Coaster Repair & Refurbishment". Martin & Vleminckx. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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    Marden, Duane. "Arkansas Twister  (Magic Springs & Crystal Falls)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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    Marden, Duane. "Comet  (Crystal Beach)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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    Marden, Duane. "Comet  (Great Escape)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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    Marden, Duane. "Monstre  (La Ronde)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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    Marden, Duane. "Thundercoaster  (TusenFryd)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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    Marden, Duane. "Thunder Eagle  (Belle Island Village)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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    Marden, Duane. "Twisted Twins  (Kentucky Kingdom)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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