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S&S-Sansei Technologies is a roller coaster manufacturer located in Logan, Utah USA.[1]
History
S&S was established in 1994 by Stan Checketts[2] and they originally made zip line gear but the company later released their first theme park ride the Space Shot, a new type of drop tower that uses compressed air to power it unlike the Intamin version which uses a cable to lift the drop tower to the top.[3]
Following the closure of Custom Coasters International, Inc. in July 2001, owner Denise Dinn was hired by S&S to start a new wooden roller coaster division.[4] The company went on to build four wooden roller coasters.
In 2002, S&S Power purchased the bankrupt Arrow Dynamics, renaming it S&S Arrow.
Founder Stan Checketts left the company in 2008.[2]
In November 2012 S&S became a subsidiary of Sansei Yusoki Co. Ltd., who purchased 77.3% of the company.[5][6] The company was renamed S&S-Sansei Technologies.
Products
Roller coasters
- 4th Dimension
- 4D Free Spin
- El Loco
- Free Fly
- Junior El Loco
- Thrust Air Coaster
- Looping Hyper Coaster
- Launched El Loco
- Axis Coaster
Other rides
- Tower Rides (Space Shot, Turbo Drop)
- Screamin' Swing
- Junior Swing
- Frog Hopper
References
- ↑ http://www.engineeringexcitement.com/company/contacts
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Magic Formula: Roller Coasters and Amusement Rides with S&S’s Kevin Rohwer". Blooloop. http://web.archive.org/web/20111129235118/http://www.blooloop.com/Article/The-Magic-Formula-Roller-Coasters-and-Amusement-Rides-with-S-S-s-Kevin-Rohwer/294.
- ↑ "Company". S&S Worldwide. https://web.archive.org/web/20110807141630/http://www.engineeringexcitement.com/company.
- ↑ "Curtis D. Summers / Charles Dinn". Southwest Ohio Amusement Park Historical Society. http://web.archive.org/web/20070224121327/http://www.soaphs.com:80/summersdinn.htm.
- ↑ "SANSEI YUSOKI CO LTD to Acquire S&S; Worldwide, Inc.". Reuters. http://web.archive.org/web/20121106000043/https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/6357.OS/key-developments/article/2636303.
- ↑ "S&S Worldwide, Sansei Yusoki Co. join forces". Amusement Today. http://amusementtoday.com/2012/11/ss-worldwide-sansei-yusoki-co-join-forces/.