Martin & Vleminckx
Martin & Vleminckx is a roller coaster manufacturing and construction company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with an affiliated office and manufacturing facility in Haines City, Florida, United States, and two subsidiaries, including a warehouse, in China.
History
Martin & Vleminckx was founded in 1984 by Ghislain Martin and Alain Vleminckx. The company has since expanded to feature a team of 50 staff.Martin & Vleminckx supplied the first wooden roller coaster to China in 2009. Martin & Vleminckx worked alongside government officials to develop regulations for Chinese wooden roller coasters, before Wooden Coaster - Fireball at Happy Valley Shanghai could be approved to open. In the past decade, MArtin & Vleminckx has become the primary wooden roller coaster supplier in China.
Projects
Martin & Vleminckx has erected roller coasters and other amusement rides manufactured by a variety of companies from around the world. Including: Bolliger & Mabillard, Chance Morgan, Hopkins Rides, Intamin, Maurer Söhne, ProSlide Technology, Vekoma, Zamperla, Martin & Vleminckx installed the two tallest roller coasters in the world; Kingda KA in New Jersey, and Top Thrill Dragster in Ohio. All roller coasters manufactured by Martin & Vleminckx were designed by The Gravity Group.Manufacturing
- Coastersaurus at Legoland Florida
- Boardwalk Bullet at Kemah Boardwalk
- Wooden Coaster - Fireball at Happy Valley Shanghai
- Zippin Pippin at Bay Beach Amusement Park
- Dauling Dragon at Happy Valley Wuhan
- Fjord Flying Dragon at Happy Valley Tianjin
- Time Traveler at Hot Go Park
- Jungle Trailblazer at Oriental Heritage Jinan
- Jungle Trailblazer at Fantawild Dreamland Zhengzhou
- Jungle Trailblazer at Oriental Heritage Wuhu
- Jungle Trailblazer at Oriental Heritage Ningbo
- Jungle Trailblazer at Fantawild Dreamland Zhuzhou
- Jungle Trailblazer at Oriental Heritage Xiamen
- Jungle Trailblazer at Fantawild Asian Legend Nanning
- Thunder Eagle at Race World in Pigeon Forge, TN
- Thunder Coaster at Tusenfryd in Oslo, Norway
- Robin Hood at Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen
- Comet at Great Escape in Lake George, NY
- Arkansas Twister at Magic Springs in Hot Springs, AR
- LeMonstre at Six Flags LaRonde in Montreal
- Twisted Sisters at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, KY
Rebuild
- Zippin Pippin at Bay Beach Amusement Park - a reconstruction of the Libertyland wooden roller coaster, with The Gravity Group consulting on engineering
Retrack
- Arkansas Twister at Magic Springs and Crystal Falls
- Big Dipper at Geauga Lake
- Blue Streak at Cedar Point
- Cheetah at Wild Adventures
- Excalibur at Funtown Splashtown USA
- GhostRider at Knott's Berry Farm
- Great White at Morey's Piers
- Hercules at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
- Le Monstre at La Ronde
- Mean Streak at Cedar Point
- Raging Wolf Bobs at Geauga Lake
- Shivering Timbers at Michigan's Adventure
- Thunder Run at Kentucky Kingdom
- Villain at Geauga Lake
- Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce
- Wildcat at Lake Compounce
- Wild One at Six Flags America
- Wolverine Wildcat at Michigan's Adventure
- Yankee Cannonball at Canobie Lake Park
Roller coaster construction
- Arkansas Twister at Magic Springs and Crystal Falls
- at Six Flags New England
- 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
- Chang at Kentucky Kingdom
- Comet at Crystal Beach Park and Great Escape
- Dragon at Legoland Florida
- Flying Coaster at Elitch Gardens Theme Park
- Flying School at Legoland Florida
- Goliath at La Ronde
- Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure
- Le Monstre at La Ronde
- Le Vampire at La Ronde
- Roller Skater at Kentucky Kingdom
- Super Manège at La Ronde
- 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
- Thundercoaster at Tusenfryd
- Thunder Eagle at Belle Island Village
- Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point
- Twisted Twins at Kentucky Kingdom
- X-Coaster at Magic Springs and Crystal Falls
Amusement ride construction
- Bugs' White Water Rapids at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
- ' at California's Great America
- Giant Wheel at Kentucky Kingdom
- Grand Carousel at La Ronde
- Grande Roue at La Ronde
- Manitou at La Ronde
- Menhir Express at Parc Astérix
- Mile High Falls at Kentucky Kingdom
- Navy Pier Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier
- Splash at La Ronde
- ' at Kentucky Kingdom
- Tour de ville at La Ronde
- Tower of Doom at Elitch Gardens Theme Park
- Vertigo at La Ronde
List of roller coasters
| Name | Model | Park | Country | Opened | Status | Ref |
| Coastersaurus | Wood Support Structure | Legoland Florida |  United States | 2004 | ||
| Boardwalk Bullet | Wood Support Structure | Kemah Boardwalk | United States | 2007 | ||
| Wooden Coaster - Fireball | Wood Support Structure | Happy Valley Shanghai |  China | 2009 | ||
| Zippin Pippin | Wood Support Structure | Bay Beach Amusement Park | United States | 2011 | ||
| Dauling Dragon | Wood Support Structure | Happy Valley Wuhan | China | 2012 | ||
| Fjord Flying Dragon | Wood Support Structure | Happy Valley Tianjin | China | 2013 | ||
| Time Travel | Wood Support Structure | Hot Go Park | China | 2014 | ||
| Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Oriental Heritage Jinan | China | 2015 | ||
| Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Fantawild Dreamland Zhengzhou | China | 2015 | ||
| Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Oriental Heritage Wuhu | China | 2015 | ||
| Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Oriental Heritage Ningbo | China | 2016 | ||
| Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Fantawild Dreamland Zhuzhou | China | 2016 | ||
| Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Oriental Heritage Xiamen | China | 2017 | ||
| Jungle Trailblazer | Wood Support Structure | Fantawild Asian Legend | China | 2018 | ||
| Leviathan | Wood Support Structure | Sea World |  Australia | 2020 | ||
| Sunac Jinan | China | 2021 |