please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources fabbri group news newspapers books scholar jstor free images may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message fabbri group type private industry amusement ride manufacturing founded 1950 founder romolo fabbri headquarters bergantino italy and arlington texas number of locations 5 factories 2 sales offices key people romolo fabbri licinio fabbri products roller coasters thrill rides family rides gentle rides website http www.fabbrigroup.com the fabbri group aka fabbri is an italian amusement rides manufacturer based in bergantino a northern village of italy . fabbri was founded in 1950 just after world war ii by romolo fabbri . he found a way to convert war surplus material into a new productive means that could give new joy and hope for the future . manufacturing also began in 1950 with fabbri s first ride the avio aeroplane ride specifically designed for traveling shows in italy . 1 in the 1970s romolo s son licinio fabbri took over direction of the company and expanded sales beyond italy into the rest of the european continent . fabbri expanded its sales once again in the 1980s to include the world market . 1 as demand for rides increased fabbri decided that instead of concentrating on one main facility several affiliate companies would be formed all located in nearby towns each specialising in its own type of ride . in 1998 the multiple factories were brought together under the name the fabbri group . 1 fabbri group offers a large range of rides from children s rides to launch coasters . the fabbri group entered the coaster market in 1998 with the introduction of a wacky worm type ride . 2 the fabbri group is most well known for manufacturing the booster . fabbri is also gaining attention from the rather intense mega drop which is a freefall attraction that shoots riders down instead of a true freefall giving better g forces than other larger freefall rides . the mega drop is currently the newest attraction at the rose festival city fair located in portland oregon . notable ride types edit new crazy dance fabbri s rides include booster giant booster g force at fantasy island in skegness uk is the only one citation needed evolution jungle drop citation needed and mega drop kamikaze telecombat citation needed pandemonium citation needed pirate ship citation needed giant wheel citation needed ferris wheel flying carpet citation needed carousel citation needed river rapids ride citation needed references edit a b c fabbri ride catalog undated circa 2006 rcdb search results for fabbri coasters . retrieved 23 february 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fabbri group & oldid 724146220 categories fabbri groupmanufacturing companies of italyamusement ride manufacturersroller coaster manufacturersroller coaster designerscompanies established in 19501950 establishments in italyitalian brandshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from may 2012all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles needing additional references from may 2012all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran aissuomi edit links this page was last modified on 7 june 2016 at 12 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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