SBF was started in 1952 by Italo Frison in Padua, Italy. SBF initially built children's rides, but branched into
thrill rides in the 1990s. The second generation of the Frison family, cousins Vittorio and Sandro, established VISA International in 1990, named
after the first initials in their names.
SBF and VISA merged to form the SBF-VISA Group in 2000. The company
began building roller coasters in the early 2000s, but soon became one of the largest sellers of small, portable coasters. VISA delivered its 700th Family
Coaster in 2023, and established a division called VISACOASTERS.
Their Compact Spinning Coaster (Models MX608, MX609, and MX612) is one of the most copied
roller coaster designs ever. In just its first two years of production, SBF sold 50 Compact Spinning Coasters! As of 2021, 300 spinning coaster
had been delivered. The company remains based
in Italy and the third generation of the Frison family now holds a variety of jobs in the company.
SBNO = Standing But Not Operating
FN = Former Name Roller Coaster Manufacturers and Designers:
[ abc rides |
ADG |
Arrow Development |
Arrow Dynamics |
Arrow-Huss |
ART Engineering |
Bailey |
Bitler |
Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) |
Bradley & Kaye |
Caripro Rides |
Chance Rides |
Church |
Coaster Works! |
Cobb & Assoc. |
Custom Coasters International (CCI) |
D.P.V. Rides |
Dinn & Summers |
Drambour |
Fajume S.A. de C.V. |
Gerstlauer |
Giovanola |
Gravity Group |
Great Coasters International (GCI) |
Herschell |
Hopkins |
International Amusement Devices (IAD) |
International Coaster Corporation (ICC) |
Intamin AG |
Interpark |
Keenan |
Kings Entertainment Co. |
Knoebels |
KumbaK |
L&T Systems |
Mack |
Martin & Vleminckx |
Maurer-Sohne |
Meisho |
Miler Coaster Co. |
Miller |
Molina |
Morgan Manufacturing |
Moris |
National Amusement Devices (NAD) |
Overland |
Phare |
Pierce |
Pinfari |
Premier Rides |
Preston & Barbieri |
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) |
Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) |
Princeton Machines |
Reverchon |
Rocky Mountain Construction |
Rogers |
Roller Coaster Corp. of America |
Rosser & Cobb |
Sangyo |
Sansei Yusoki |
Sartori Rides International |
SBF Visa Group |
Schiff |
Schwarzkopf |
SDC |
Senyo Kogyo |
Setpoint |
Sevier |
S&MC |
S&S Power |
S&S Sports |
S&S Worldwide |
Stricker |
Sunkid |
Taft |
TOGO International |
Vekoma |
Vettel, Andrew |
Vettel, Edward |
WED |
Wiegand |
Wisdom |
Zamperla |
Zierer ]
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