Description: The premier steel roller coaster company out there today. Known for their smooth rides and new inversion ideas. They have produced the 2nd most steel coasters over the last decade. Their most known rides are Batman: The Ride (First Inverted Coaster), Medusa (First Floorless), Nitro, and Dueling Dragons (The First Dueling Inverted Coasters).
Intamin
Description: This company started out working in association with Anton Schwarzkopf and then branched out to form their own company. Known for their technology advancements such as LIM and LSM launching mechanisms. Their most famous rides include the epic Millenium Force (First Giga-Coaster), Superman: Ride Of Steel series, and the 10 loop Colossus.
Morgan Manufacturing/Chance Rides
Description: Started by the son of one of the founders of Arrow Dynamics, Dana Morgan has turned this company one of the top Hyper Coaster companies. They recently completed the tallest, fastest, and longest steel coaster in the world, Steel Dragon 2000 (Nagashima Spa Land) . Their most favorite coasters including Steel Force, the great and underrated Steel Eel, Mamba, and Phantom's Revenge.
Schwarkopf
Anton Schwarkopf took the steel roller coaster to new heights. Known for making coasters with high G forces and nearly circular loops. He has become a legend overseas as well. His most famous rides include Mindbender (Six Flags Over Georgia, Galaxyland), and Texas Tornado (Also known as Thriller).
Arrow Dynamics
The most prolific steel looping coaster company. The company that started it all for inversions. They made the first steel coaster, Matterhorn Bobsleds (Disneyland) and the first corkscrew inversion on a coaster, aptly named Corkscrew. They also made multiple looping coasters in the 90s such as Shockwave, Great American Scream Machine, and Viper. They also made the first suspended coaster, The Bat (At Paramount's Kings Island) and made the first coaster with the boomerang element on Orient Express (Worlds Of Fun). Recently they made the first "4 Dimensional" coaster, X at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
The main wooden coaster builders of the late 80s and early 90s. They made Texas Giant, Timber Wolf, and The Beast. The rides were once considered the best wooden coasters made, but some of their rides have been reprofiled and brakes were added. Sadly in 1992, Curtis Summers died. His partner Charlie Dinn passed the company to his daughter, who runs CCI.
Custom Coasters International
The best wooden coaster company of the 90s. Pushed the envelope for wooden coasters. Their coasters have already reached legendary status in my mind. Their great coasters include Ghostrider, Shivering Timbers, Raven, and Legend.
GCI
This company was started by coaster lover Mike Boodley. Him and his partner Claire Hain have incorporated the swooping drops and directional changes that were common place in the 20s. All of their coasters have been fan favorites including Lightning Racer, Wildcat (Hershey Park), Roar, and Gwazi. They've also introduced a new train, the millenium flyers, which are similar to coaster trains from the 20s.
