R planet coaster6/24/2023 ![]() Two years later, Bolliger & Mabillard built another project for Six Flags Great America, Batman: The Ride, the world's first inverted roller coaster, which brought them to prominence in the industry. ![]() Now with a company to manufacture the track, B&M built its first roller coaster, a stand-up roller coaster, Iron Wolf, which opened in 1990 at Six Flags Great America. Clermont Steel Fabricators accepted, and to this day, manufactures all of B&M’s roller coaster track pieces for all of North America. With the favorable history of the work done by Clermont Steel Fabricators (on Vortex, Kings Island, and Shockwave, Six Flags Great America), Walter Bolliger went to the steel plant and asked if they would be interested in manufacturing the track. But B&M had a problem regarding how and where to manufacture the track pieces for the roller coaster. B&M accepted the offer and hired two more draftsmen. įollowing that project, Mampe asked the new company to design and build a stand-up roller coaster for Six Flags Great America, similar to Shockwave at Six Flags Magic Mountain. However, Robert Mampe, Six Flags Great America's staff engineer, had worked with both men during the construction of Z-Force he contacted the newly-formed company and asked them to reconfigure the cars for their Giovanola-built, Intamin bobsled coaster, to be relocated from Six Flags Great Adventure. When B&M was created, the pair had agreed not to make any more amusement attractions. At the time, B&M employed four people, including two draftsmen: Bolliger and Mabillard. In 1987, Giovanola underwent a change of management, and B&M decided to leave and create their own company. Īn inverted model with the angled drop, common on inverted coasters, Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great Adventure Launch Bolliger & Mabillard left Giovanola, but the company continued to use their track design the company's roller coasters Goliath (at Six Flags Magic Mountain) and Titan (at Six Flags Over Texas), use a track style very similar to B&M's. They also worked on other projects, such as Z-Force (at Six Flags Great America). During their time at Giovanola, they helped design the company's first stand-up roller coaster, Shockwave (at Six Flags Magic Mountain). Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard started working for Giovanola, a manufacturing company who supplied rides to Intamin, in the 1970s. Though B&M has not used the term, the company has also manufactured three giga coasters. ![]() B&M currently produces ten types of coaster models: Stand-Up Coaster, Inverted Coaster, Floorless Coaster, Flying Coaster, Hyper Coaster, Dive Coaster, Sitting Coaster, Wing Coaster, Family Coaster, and most recently, the Surf Coaster. In 2016, the company completed its 100th roller coaster. ī&M has pioneered several new ride technologies, most notably the inverted roller coaster and the box-section track. The company was founded in 1988 by engineers Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, both of whom had worked for Giovanola. and often abbreviated B&M, is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. Bolliger & Mabillard, officially Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers, Inc.
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