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Birket Engineering, Inc. is an American system integrator providing controls engineering services, specializing in life-safety ride & show control systems for the themed entertainment industry. They design, assemble, and commission the hardware and software systems that control the world’s best-known theme park attractions. Birket equipment can be found in every Universal Studios and Walt Disney Company park in the world, and in many regional US, European, UAE, and Asian parks.

History

Birket Engineering was founded in Riverside California in 1984 by Glenn Birket, a former Walt Disney Imagineering (then WED Enterprises) electical engineer who had been responsible for the show control design and commissioning of Epcot’s American Adventure Pavillion. Glenn moved the company to Orlando in 1987 and incorporated in 1991. Birket Engineering was named Walt Disney Parks & Resorts 2016 Supplier of the Year and has provided hardware & software systems for numerous Themed Entertainment Association THEA Award recipient attractions. The company has offices in Orlando, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.

Projects

Birket’s involvement in most projects is subject to Non-Disclosure Agreements. The company has provided ride control and specialty systems for dark rides, water rides, and numerous linear induction motor-launched and traditional roller coasters. The company has designed, assembled, and commissioned many show systems controlling gas flame effects, pyrotechnics, show action equipment, animated figures, and atmospheric effects.