Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in
Wollerau,
Switzerland. It is best known for creating
thrill rides and
roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in
Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an abbreviation for:
INTernational
AMusement
INstallations. The company distributes approximately 5-7 roller coasters from their workshops in Switzerland and Glen Burnie each year.
Intamin is a major player in the
amusement park attractions industry, supplying some 22 different styles of rides to a variety of parks. Their first roller coaster installation was The Jr. Gemini, a roller coaster at
Cedar Point in 1979. Since then they have installed a total of 70 coasters in several countries around the globe. They designed and built the first "
river rapids ride" known as "Thunder River" based on the idea supplied by Bill Crandall, a past General Manager at the now defunct
AstroWorld. Intamin also marketed the first
Freefall (developed by
Giovanola) experience and the first
Drop Tower.