Maurer AG

Maurer AG
Industry Manufacturing
Founded 1876 (1876)
Founder Maurer Söhne
Headquarters Munich, Germany[1]
Number of locations
 Germany, China, Turkey[1]
Area served
 More than 50 countries[1]
Products Amusement rides, bridges, roller coasters, steel buildings[1]
Number of employees
 700 (2009)[1]
Divisions Maurer Rides, Structural Protection Systems, Structural Steelwork
Website www.maurer.eu

Maurer AG is a steel construction company and roller coaster manufacturer. Founded in Munich, Germany in 1876, the company has built many styles of steel buildings, ranging from bridges, industrial buildings, and even art structures.[1] While known for building various wild mouse coasters, Maurer Söhne has been branching out into spinning, looping, and launching coasters recently. The company also produces a free-fall tower ride. On December 15, 2014, the company changed its name from Maurer Söhne GmbH & Co. KG to Maurer AG.[2]

Roller coasters

The non-inverting loop element of Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit at Universal Studios Florida - a music X-Coaster.

In 1993, Maurer took over the amusement ride division of a fellow German firm, BHS.[3] BHS constructed four Schwarzkopf-designed roller coasters, working with Sansei Yusoki and Zierer in the process.[4][5][6][7] Maurer's first ride was a custom looping roller coaster called Venus GP that opened at Space World in 1996.[8][9] Since then they have produced almost 50 roller coasters including spinning, launched, racing and wild mouse roller coasters.[10][11]

One of the first types of roller coaster that Maurer manufactured was a wild mouse. The design, known as Wilde Maus Classic, was first installed as Kopermijn at Drievliet Family Park in 1996.[12] At the end of 2010, the Wilde Maus Classic design has been replicated at 13 locations around the world.[13]

In 2000, the S-Coaster was introduced by Maurer.[9] The S-Coaster is Maurer's spinning roller coaster design.[14] It is the most popular design (in terms of installations) that Maurer has ever produced with over 21 installations worldwide.[15]

Maurer's X-Coaster comes in a variety of different designs: X-Car, X-Train and SkyLoop. Under the X-Car category Maurer manufactures rides with launches,[16] vertical lifts,[17] floorless cars[18] and cars with embedded music systems.[19] An X-Train X-Coaster is one which features 4-across seating (2 seats above the track and one on either side of the track as a floorless seat). Under the SkyLoop category Maurer has a variety of models including XT 150 (150 m (490 ft) in length),[20] XT 450 (450 m (1,480 ft) in length),[21] launched[22] and custom designs.[23]

Most recently, in 2010, Maurer introduced the R-Coaster. The R-Coaster is a type of racing roller coaster which features several sets of Linear Synchronous Motors on two parallel tracks. The first, and currently only, R-Coaster is Fiorano GT Challenge at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi.[24][25]

List of Roller Coasters

Sky Wheel at Skyline Park is a SkyLoop XT 150 X-Coaster.


As of 2017, Maurer AG has built 60 roller coasters around the world.[26]

Name Model Park Country Opened Status Ref
Star Wars Spinning Coaster Wonder Island Russia Russia Unknown Removed [27]
Kopermijn Wild Mouse Drievliet Netherlands Netherlands 1996 Operating [28]
Venus GP
Formerly Venus 		Looping Coaster Space World Japan Japan 1996 Operating [8]
Crazy Mine Wild Mouse Hansa Park Germany Germany 1997 Operating [29]
Wilde Maus Wild Mouse Wiener Prater Austria Austria 1997 Operating [30]
Wild Mouse Wild Mouse Lagoon United States United States 1998 Operating [31]
Rattlesnake Wild Mouse Chessington World of Adventures United Kingdom United Kingdom 1998 Operating [32]
Wild Mouse Wild Mouse Dorney Park United States United States 2000 Operating [33]
Go Bananas!
Formerly Bug Out 		Wild Mouse Wild Adventures United States United States 2000 Operating [34]
Twistrix Spinning Coaster Drievliet Netherlands Netherlands 2001 Operating [35]
Winjas Spinning Coaster Phantasialand Germany Germany 2002 Operating [36]
Spider Spinning Coaster Lagoon United States United States 2003 Operating [37]
Wild Storm Spinning Coaster O-World South Korea South Korea 2003 Operating [38]
The Whirlwind Spinning Coaster Seabreeze Amusement Park United States United States 2004 Operating [39]
Dragon's Fury Spinning Coaster Chessington World of Adventures United Kingdom United Kingdom 2004 Operating [40]
Spinball Whizzer
Formerly Sonic Spinball 		Spinning Coaster Alton Towers United Kingdom United Kingdom 2004 Operating [41]
Steel Dragon Spinning Coaster Waldameer United States United States 2004 Operating [42]
Sky Wheel SkyLoop Skyline Park Germany Germany 2004 Operating [43]
Twister Spinning Coaster Habtoorland Lebanon Lebanon 2004 to 2010 SBNO [44]
Tarántula Spinning Coaster Parque de Atracciones de Madrid Spain Spain 2005 Operating [45]
G Force X-Car Drayton Manor United Kingdom United Kingdom 2005 Operating [46]
data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | Unknown Wild Mouse Al Hokair Land Theme Park Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2006 Operating [47]
X Coaster SkyLoop Magic Springs & Crystal Falls United States USA 2006 Operating [48]
Abismo SkyLoop Parque de Atracciones de Madrid Spain Spain 2006 Operating [49]
Wilde Maus Wild Mouse Attrapark Russia Russia 2007 Removed [50]
Formule X X-Car Drievliet Netherlands Netherlands 2007 Operating [51]
Xtreme Spinning Coaster Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin'
Drievliet 		United States United States 2007
2004 to 2006 		Operating [52]
[53]
Crush's Coaster Spinning Coaster Walt Disney Studios Park France France 2007 Operating [54]
Salama Spinning Coaster Linnanmäki Finland Finland 2008 Operating [55]
Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit X-Car Universal Studios Florida United States United States 2009 Operating [56]
Spinning Coaster Spinning Coaster Holnemvolt Park Hungary Hungary 2009 to 2013 Removed [57]
Wild Mouse Wild Mouse Funtown Splashtown USA
Jolly Roger Amusement Park 		United States United States 2009
2002 to 2006 		Operating [58]
[59]
Dream Coaster X-Car Dream City Iraq Iraq 2010 Operating [60]
Fiorano GT Challenge Family Launch Coaster Ferrari World United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2010 Operating [24]
Shock X-Car Rainbow MagicLand Italy Italy 2011 Operating [61]
Wild Maus Wild Mouse Antibes Land
Europark 		France France 2011 to 2013
2007 to 2010 		Removed [62]
[63]
Naga Bay
Formerly Dizz 		Spinning Coaster Bobbejaanland Belgium Belgium 2011 Operating [64]
Gotham City Gauntlet: Escape from Arkham Asylum
Formerly Road Runner Express 		Wild Mouse Six Flags New England
Kentucky Kingdom 		United States United States 2011
2000 to 2009 		Operating [65]
[66]
Cagliostro Spinning Coaster Rainbow MagicLand Italy Italy 2011 Operating [67]
Ukko SkyLoop Linnanmäki Finland Finland 2011 Operating [68]
Spinner
Formerly Speedy 		Spinning Coaster Skara Sommarland
Abenteuer Park Oberhausen 		Sweden Sweden 2011
2001 to 2010 		Operating [69]
[70]
Clouds Of Fairyland SkyLoop Joyland China China 2011 Operating [71]
Freischütz X-Car Bayern Park Germany Germany 2011 Operating [72]
BuzzSaw SkyLoop Dreamworld Australia Australia 2011 Operating [73]
Wilde Maus Wild Mouse Freizeit-Land Geiselwind Germany Germany 2012 to 2013 Removed [74]
Hidden Anaconda SkyLoop Happy Valley Wuhan China China 2012 Operating [75]
Terror Twister SkyLoop Fantawild Adveture Zhengzhou China China 2012 Operating [76]
FamilyCo Express X-Car Happy Valley Wuhan China China 2013 Operating [77]
Terror Twister SkyLoop Nantong Adventure Land China China 2013 Operating [78]
Sky Spin
Formerly Whirlwind 		Spinning Coaster Skyline Park
Camelot Theme Park 		Germany Germany 2013
2003 to 2012 		Operating [79]
[80]
Insider
Formerly Spinning Coaster Maihime 		Spinning Coaster Wiener Prater
Tokyo Dome City 		Austria Austria 2013
2000 to 2011 		Operating [81]
[82]
Undertow Spinning Coaster Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk United States United States 2013 Operating [83]
Marble Madness
Formerly Wild Mouse 		Wild Mouse Pleasurewood Hills
Flamingo Land 		United Kingdom United Kingdom 2014
1997 to 2012 		Operating [84]
[85]
Terror Twister SkyLoop Fantawild Dreamland Xiamen China China 2015 Operating [86]
Laff Trakk Spinning Coaster Hersheypark United States United States 2015 Operating [87]
Dragon Legend X-Car Romon U-Park China China 2016 Operating [88]
Dragon Flight Spinning Coaster Eontime World China China 2015 Operating [89]
data-sort-value="" style="background: #ececec; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | Unknown Spinning Coaster Respublika Ukraine Ukraine 2017 Under Construction [90]
Sky Dragster Spike Coaster Skyline Park Germany Germany 2017 Operating [91]
Käpt'n Jack's Wilde Maus
Formerly Holly's Wilde Autofahrt
Formerly Rat
Formerly Wild Mouse 		Wild Mouse Eifelpark
Holiday Park
Loudoun Castle
Dreamland 		Germany Germany 2017
2010 to 2016
2005 to 2009
1998 to 2004 		Operating [92]
[93]
[94]
[95]

Maurer German Wheels

Maurer German Wheels is a subsidiary of Maurer Söhne. It manufactures the R80XL giant Ferris wheel under licence from Bussink Design.[96]

References

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  2. ↑ "Maurer AG: Change of corporate form with a view to the future" (PDF) (Press release). Munich, Germany: Maurer AG. December 15, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Chronology of Maurer Rides". Park World Magazine: Maurer Rides, VI. November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
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