Bolliger & Mabillard Facts for Kids

Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers Inc.

Type	Private
Industry	Roller coaster design
Founded	1988
Founder	Walter Bolliger Claude Mabillard
Headquarters	Monthey , Switzerland
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Walter Bolliger Claude Mabillard
Products	Stand-Up Coaster Inverted Coaster Sitting Coaster Dive Coaster Hyper Coaster Floorless Coaster Flying Coaster Wing Coaster Family Coaster
Number of employees	37 (2012)

Bolliger & Mabillard, officially Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers, Inc. and often abbreviated B&M, is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, both of whom had worked for Giovanola.

B&M has pioneered several new ride technologies, most notably the inverted roller coaster and the box-section track. In 2016, the company completed its 100th roller coaster. B&M produces nine types of coaster models: Stand-Up Coaster, Inverted Coaster, Floorless Coaster, Flying Coaster, Hyper Coaster, Dive Coaster, Sitting Coaster, Wing Coaster and Family Coaster.

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An inverted model with the angled drop, common on inverted coasters, Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great Adventure
Raptor's cobra roll, a first for inverted roller coasters
Diagram comparing a standard lift hill and the B&M pre-drop lift hill.
B&M Friction Brakes Model
SheiKra's splashdown element
Vortex at Carowinds, a Stand-up Coaster model
Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland, a Hyper Coaster model
Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great Adventure, an Inverted Coaster model
Dragon Khan at PortAventura Park, a Sitting Coaster model
Oblivion at Alton Towers, a Dive Coaster model
Hydra at Dorney Park, a Floorless Coaster model
Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland, a Hyper Coaster model
Manta at SeaWorld Orlando, a Flying Coaster model
Raptor at Gardaland, first Wing Coaster model

Bolliger & Mabillard facts for kids

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