BAMECO

Beijing Amusement Machine Engineering Co. Ltd., better known as BAMECO, is a Chinese state-owned amusement ride company headquartered in that builds roller coasters, giant wheels, carousels, flumes, dark rides, sky cycles and other amusement rides. It was formed in 1986.

Unlike other Chinese roller coaster manufacturers, BAMECO is mostly dedicated to creating unique models of coasters and not making so-called "knock off" coasters, and has often hired designers such as and Luis Beltré Altobelli to design their coasters. Their first roller coaster to be exported overseas was the 2003-opened Racing Coaster model Nebraskan Nightmare at Omaha Luna Park, which was voted "The Best New Roller Coaster of 2003" by readers of Coasters.

Roller Coasters

 * Stand-Up Coaster
 * Sit-Down Coaster
 * Supersonic Coaster (a hyper coaster)
 * Slingshot Coaster (a flying roller coaster)
 * Racing Coaster (a dual-tracked roller coaster)
 * Kids' Coaster
 * Wild Mouse Coaster

Trivia

 * They are the only major coaster manufacturer to sell their used coasters on eBay.
 * Before 2003, they made several attempts to get into the US coaster market, the first was in 1990, when they founded BAMEUS, which was spun-off as USA Coaster Company, which also became a major coaster manufacturer.
 * Their successful attempt to enter the US was approved in 2000 by the Chinese government and IAAPA.