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Batman:The Ride, a widely cloned Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster

Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers (more commonly known as B&M) is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president. Since 1990, B&M have built over 60 roller coasters around the world and have pioneered several new ride technologies, most notably the inverted roller coaster. The company started with four employees and has since grown, now employing more than 30 people, mostly engineers and draftsmen.