Vekoma Rides, the Dutch roller coaster specialist, and Mobaro, a provider of online maintenance and safety solutions, announced a strategic partnership at IAAPA Expo 2025. Now, a year later, they’re taking the next step toward a more connected future for attraction maintenance and operations: the first result of their collaboration is now live.
Since announcing their partnership, the companies have worked to better integrate Vekoma’s engineering and service expertise into the digital environment that maintenance and operations teams use every day.
The goal is to make essential ride information, maintenance processes, and manufacturer support easier to access and act on throughout an attraction’s lifecycle.
The collaboration is built around a shared vision: bringing together the people who build the ride and the teams who operate and maintain it, while minimising the need to switch between separate systems, emails, and documents.
“The industry has traditionally relied on separate systems, manual processes, and fragmented information flows,” says Rob Steens, executive vice president of after sales at Vekoma.
“Our ambition is to make the expertise behind a ride more accessible to the people who operate and maintain it every day. Together with Mobaro, we are creating new ways to connect engineering knowledge with operational decision-making, enabling insights to flow in both directions.”
A more connected approach
The partnership’s first result is already live. Vekoma’s technical documentation can now sync automatically with Mobaro, giving maintenance teams access to the latest revisions in the same environment they use to plan and perform their work.
When Vekoma publishes an updated revision, it can appear in Mobaro without the operator needing to upload the document again.
This represents a significant shift from concept to implementation for the partnership. Instead of building another standalone system, the collaboration aims to integrate manufacturer information into the everyday workflows parks and attractions already use.
Vekoma’s technical documentation can now sync automatically with Mobaro
Mobaro offers safety, maintenance, and operations solutions to leading parks and attractions worldwide, while Vekoma contributes expertise in ride design, construction, maintenance, and support.
By bringing these capabilities together, the partnership aims to streamline information sharing between manufacturer and operator.
“This is about creating a more connected future for attraction operations,” says Christoffer Weiss Borup, CEO of Mobaro.
“When the right information is available at the right moment, maintenance teams can work more efficiently, make more informed decisions, and focus on what matters most: safe and reliable operation.”
More developments to come
The companies are already working on the next phases of the integration, with additional functionality planned for 2027.
One planned feature will support service requests, allowing maintenance teams to contact Vekoma directly through Mobaro and include relevant ride, task, and documentation details. Responses could then be delivered through the same workflow, reducing reliance on a separate support portal while retaining important context for each request.
This feature is currently in development.
Spare-parts requisition is another area slated for development. The roadmap proposes enabling maintenance teams to identify parts through Vekoma’s drawings, part numbers, or barcode scans, then start the requisition process directly in Mobaro.
Making parts information more accessible during routine maintenance could reduce administrative work and the need to switch between systems.
The partnership underscores a broader goal: to build a more direct link between ride manufacturers and the teams responsible for attractions throughout their operational life.
Vekoma is the first of several manufacturers Mobaro intends to integrate with its platform. More than 50 parks and attractions already operate both Vekoma rides and Mobaro.
Visitors to IAAPA Expo 2026 in Orlando can learn more about the partnership and see the first functionality in action at Vekoma Rides (booth S3773) or Mobaro (booth S4275).
See also: How to maintain coasters and attractions: strategy, culture & OEM partnerships
