INSIDE: 2018 What's New Guide TM & ©2018 Amusement Today, Inc. PAGES 46-49 May 2018 | Vol. 22 • Issue 2 www.amusementtoday.com Vekoma Rides acquired Adrenaline Peak debuts as first by Sansei Technologies high-profile ride for Oaks Park VLODROP, Netherlands and OSAKA, Japan — Dutch Gerstlauer supplies roller coaster manufacturer Vekoma Rides Manufactur- first Euro-Fighter ing B.V., based in Vlodrop, the Netherlands, was acquired March 30 by Sansei Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded steel coaster in Japanese company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Pacific Northwest With the 100 percent acquisition of Vekoma (100 percent AT: Tim Baldwin of the shares will be taken over), Sansei will increase its
[email protected] global market share in the field of designing, supplying and installing roller coasters. Headquartered in Osaka, PORTLAND, Ore. — For Japan, and active in the global entertainment equipment 113 years, Oaks Park has quiet- industry, Sansei achieved a turnover of around 29,122 mil- ly operated nestled into a small lion Yen (US$278 million) in 2017, largely from the sale of portion of parkland alongside attractions to amusement parks and dynamic stage instal- the Willamette River. Its roller lations to theaters. skating rink has long been one Adrenaline Peak features three inversions: a vertical loop, a The collaboration with Sansei is the beginning of a new of the most famous attractions cutback and a heartline roll. COURTESY OAKS PARK chapter in Vekoma’s development. Since 2001, Vekoma has in the park. Throughout its steadily grown into an innovative manufacturer of roller years of operation, a good mix been sprinkled into the lineup Peak opened to the public.