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.

Martin & Vleminckx Ltd.
MV Rides
Company typePrivate
IndustryManufacturing
FounderGhislain Martin
Alain Vleminckx
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
50
Websitemvrides.com

History

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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

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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

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Rebuild

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Retrack

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Martin & Vleminckx has retracked 18 coasters[29]

Roller coaster construction

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Amusement ride construction

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List of roller coasters

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

Name Model Park Country Opened Status Ref
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]

References

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  1. ^ Company History "Home". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Bolliger & Mabillard". Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Chance Morgan". Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  4. ^ "WhiteWater acquires Hopkins". Park World Magazine. 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d "O.D. Hopkins". Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Intamin". Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Maurer Söhne". Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  8. ^ "ProSlide". Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Zamperla". Martin & Vleminckx. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  11. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Coastersaurus  (Legoland Florida)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  12. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Boardwalk Bullet  (Kemah Boardwalk)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Boardwalk Bullet debuts at Kemah". Park World Magazine. 23 October 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  14. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Wooden Coaster - Fireball  (Happy Valley Shanghai)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  15. ^ a b "High Five!". Park World Magazine: 29. April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  16. ^ "Happy Valley Shanghai & Chengdu". Park World Magazine. 18 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  17. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Zippin Pippin  (Bay Beach Amusement Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  18. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Dauling Dragon  (Happy Valley Wuhan)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  19. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Fjord Flying Dragon  (Happy Valley)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  20. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Time Travel  (Hot Go Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  21. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer  (Oriental Heritage Jinan)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  22. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer  (Fantawild Dreamland Zhengzhou)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  23. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer  (Oriental Heritage Wuhu)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  24. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer  (Oriental Heritage Ningbo)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  25. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer  (Fantawild Dreamland Zhuzhou)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  26. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer  (Oriental Heritage Xiamen)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  27. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Jungle Trailblazer  (Fantawild Asian Legend)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  28. ^ "Zippin' Pippin' at Bay Beach". Park World Magazine. 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  29. ^ "Coaster Repair & Refurbishment". Martin & Vleminckx. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  30. ^ Marden, Duane. "Arkansas Twister  (Magic Springs & Crystal Falls)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  31. ^ Marden, Duane. "Comet  (Crystal Beach)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  32. ^ Marden, Duane. "Comet  (Great Escape)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  33. ^ Marden, Duane. "Monstre  (La Ronde)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  34. ^ Marden, Duane. "Thundercoaster  (TusenFryd)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  35. ^ Marden, Duane. "Thunder Eagle  (Belle Island Village)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  36. ^ Marden, Duane. "Twisted Twins  (Kentucky Kingdom)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  37. ^ Martin & Vleminckx - rcdb.com
  38. ^ Marden, Duane. "Unknown  (Sunac Jinan)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  39. ^ Marden, Duane. "Leviathan  (Sea World)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
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