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Headquarters | Schaan, Liechtenstein |
Founded | 1967 |
Website | https://intamin.com/ |
Intamin is a roller coaster designing and manufacturing company headquartered in Schaan, Liechtenstein. The company has built and designed more than seventy roller coasters around the world, including the tallest roller coaster in the world (Kingda Ka), and the fastest roller coaster in the world (Formula Rossa).
History
In its early years, Intamin sold rides designed and manufactured by Schwarzkopf and Waagner-Biro. The company also worked with Giovanola.[1] The first Intamin-designed roller coaster to open was Jr. Gemini (now Wilderness Run) at Cedar Point in 1979.
Famous Coasters
Intamin has built some of the most famous roller coasters, and completely changed roller coaster history. Notable innovations built by the company include:
- Kingda Ka, world's tallest roller coaster.
- Colossos, first prefabricated wooden roller coaster.
- Formula Rossa, world's fastest roller coaster.
- Millennium Force, first giga coaster.
- Volcano: The Blast Coaster, first launched inverted coaster.
- Furius Baco, first fixed winged roller coaster. It also has a hydraulic launch.
- Top Thrill Dragster, first strata roller coaster.
- Superman: Escape From Krypton, tallest shuttle coaster. When it opened, it was the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster.
- Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, most launches on a roller coaster with 7.
- Xcelerator, first hydraulic launch on a roller coaster.
- Stealth, fastest accelerating hydraulic launch coaster.
Products
- Accelerator Coaster
- Aqua Trax
- Ballistic Tower
- Barnstormer
- Bird Flight
- Bounty
- Children's Roller Coaster
- Coaster Wheel
- Dark Boat Ride
- Drunken Barrels
- Exa Coaster
- Family Coaster
- Family Launched Coaster
- Family Spinning Coaster
- Flight Trainer
- Flume Ride
- Fly Rider
- Flying Dutchman
- Flying Island
- Free Fall
- Giant Drop
- Giant Loop
- Giant Wheel
- Gyro Drop
- Gyro Swing
- Gyro Tower
- Giga Coaster
- Giga Splash
- Half Pipe Coaster
- Hexagonal Tower
- Hot Racer
- Impulse Coaster
- Indoor / Family Roller Coaster
- Looping Starship
- LSM Launch Coaster
- Mega Coaster
- Mega-Lite
- Mega Splash
- Monorail
- Multi Dimensional Coaster
- Multi Motion Dark Ride
- Multi Inversion Coaster
- Oil Derrick
- Parachute Tower
- Paris Tower
- Reverse Freefall Coaster
- River Rapids
- Sky Jump
- Space Diver
- Space Tower
- Spillwater
- Spinning Coaster
- Spinning Star
- Stand-Up Coaster
- Super Bounty
- Super Gyro Tower
- Super Splash
- Suspended Catapult Coaster
- Suspended Looping Coaster
- Suspended Twin Hammer
- Swiss Bob
- Tow Boat Ride
- Twin Flying Bounty
- Vertical Lift Coaster
- Vertical LSM Coaster
- Water Coaster
- Wing Coaster
- Wooden Coaster
- ZacSpin
Etymology
Intamin's name is an abbreviation for International Amusement Installations.
References
- ↑ "Intamin AG brochure". Retrieved 2022-08-31.