E&F Miler Industries (formerly Miler Coaster, Inc. and Miler Manufacturing) is a
family-owned
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roller coaster
A roller coaster is a type of list of amusement rides, amusement ride employing a form of elevated Railway track, railroad track that carries passengers on a roller coaster train, train through tight turns, steep slopes, and other elements, usua ...
manufacturing
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the
secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...
firm based in
Portland, Oregon
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,
United States
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. The company specialises in smaller children's roller coasters; however, it has manufactured some larger family roller coasters in the past.
History
In the late 1940s Carl Miler founded Miler Manufacturing. The company built a variety
steel roller coaster
A steel roller coaster is a type of roller coaster classified by its steel Railway track, track, which consists of long steel tubes that are run in pairs, supported by larger steel columns or beams. Trains running along the track typically rely ...
s aimed at children and families such as
Wild Mouse roller coasters.
Miler Manufacturing roller coasters were popular in the 1950s.
Production of new roller coasters by Miler Manufacturing stopped in the mid 1970s.
Carl Miler's son, Fred Miler, reopened Miler Manufacturing in 1989.
The company changed its name to Miler Coaster, Inc. in 1992 when its first new roller coaster was built.
The company's name was later changed to E&F Miler Industries.
As of 2013, Fred Miler operates the company with his son, Eric Miler.
List of roller coasters
As of 2019, E&F Miler Industries have manufactured a total of 58
roller coaster
A roller coaster is a type of list of amusement rides, amusement ride employing a form of elevated Railway track, railroad track that carries passengers on a roller coaster train, train through tight turns, steep slopes, and other elements, usua ...
s which have operated at 89 different locations. Under the Miler Manufacturing name they have manufactured a total of 30 roller coasters which have operated at 38 different locations.
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/ref> Aside from installing new roller coasters, E&F Miler Industries has performed work on restoring some of Miler Manufacturing's original rides. The majority of the company's contracts come from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) represents over 6,000 amusement-industry members in more than 100 countries worldwide and operates several global attractions-industry trade shows. Its annual IAAPA Expo in ...
' (IAAPA) annual trade show.
E&F Miler Industries / Miler Coaster, Inc.
Miler Manufacturing
Gallery
File:VikingVoyage1.jpg, Viking Voyage at Wild Adventures
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File:Canyon Blaster rollercoaster, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California - 20071228.jpg, Canyon Blaster Canyon Blaster may refer to the following:
*Canyon Blaster (Adventuredome), a roller coaster at the Adventuredome theme park in Las Vegas, Nevada
*Canyon Blaster (Great Escape), a family roller coaster at Great Escape theme park in Queensbury, New ...
at Six Flags Magic Mountain
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File:Little Titans roller coaster 5.jpg, Little Titans at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park
File:Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Pier cropped.jpg, Casino Pier
Casino Pier is an amusement park situated on a pier, in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. The pier opened in 1932 and formerly extended approximately into the Atlantic Ocean from the narrow strip of the Barnegat Peninsula, including approximately ...
's Wild Mouse (left) and Star Jet (right) following part of the pier's destruction by Hurricane Sandy
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in 2012
See also
* List of companies based in Oregon
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Roller coaster manufacturers
Manufacturing companies based in Portland, Oregon
Privately held companies based in Oregon
Companies established in the 1940s
Roller coaster designers
1940s establishments in Oregon
Family-owned companies of the United States