NEWS RELEASE

JANUARY 10, 2005

Martin & Vleminckx Rides, LLC proudly announces they have been awarded the exclusive license to all of the Venture Rides series which Venture Rides Manufacturing Co. of Greenville, SC offered until 1992.  Martin & Vleminckx Rides will revise all engineering to ASTM standards and bring all of the Venture ride series to today’s ‘State of the Art”.

The Venture Rides series includes such popular attractions as the COBRA, SCAT, VENTURE-GO-ROUNDS, MINI HIMALAYA & VENTURE RIVER. During Venture Rides Manufacturing’s history they delivered over 1,000 rides in both park and portable models.  Martin & Vleminckx Rides will continue to offer both models.

The formal introduction of the renewed Venture Rides series will take place in Gibsonton, FL at the annual Gibtown show. Martin & Vleminckx Rides will exhibit at the show and present all products they offer for the traveling, FEC and park markets.

The addition of the Venture Rides series to the Martin & Vleminckx Rides portfolio of attractions will give greater presence in the FEC and small park markets and open the door to deliver quality rides to the traveling market. The Venture Rides series will also be a key component with the acquisition of the Hopkins Rides assets for the growing Asian market.

For more information on the Venture Rides series or any of the fine products Martin & Vleminckx Rides offers, please visit the web site at www. martin-vleminckx.com or contact Chuck Bingham (1) 407 361 0005 or Gerry Gosine (1) 321 939 0116.

Send mail to info@martin-vleminckx.com with questions or comments about this web site.
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