Question: SW8 ("Secret Weapon 8") is the code name for a wooden roller coaster currently under construction at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, United Kingdom, the attraction is set to be the park's first roller coaster constructed from wood and is to be manufactured by which Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based roller coaster manufacturer which has created several award-winning rides since its formation in 1994?

Context articles: The Raven (roller coaster)
Colossus (Thorpe Park)
Outlaw Run
List of Kings Island attractions
Great Coasters International
SW8 (roller coaster)
Oblivion (roller coaster)
Cyclone (Revere Beach)
White Cyclone
Wooden roller coaster

The Raven is a wooden roller coaster at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari's Halloween section in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
 It was designed and built beginning in 1994 by the now-defunct roller coaster manufacturer Custom Coasters International, with the help of designers Dennis McNulty and Larry Bill; it opened on May 6, 1995.
 "The Raven" takes its name from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" and features sudden drops and turns which mimic the flight of a raven.
 From 2000 to 2003, "The Raven" was voted the world's "Best Wooden Roller Coaster" at the Golden Ticket Awards, which are presented annually by "Amusement Today" magazine.
 It was named an "ACE Roller Coaster Landmark" by American Coaster Enthusiasts on June 23, 2016.
Colossus is a roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, and the park's first major attraction.
 It was built by Swiss manufacturers Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel as an adaptation of "Monte Makaya" in Brazil, with consultation from Tussauds attraction developer John Wardley.
 "Colossus" was the world's first roller coaster with ten inversions; an exact replica, called the "10 Inversion Roller Coaster", was later built at Chimelong Paradise in Guangzhou, China.
 It retained its title of having the most inversions on any other roller coaster in the world until "The Smiler" at Alton Towers took the record in 2013.
Outlaw Run is a wooden roller coaster located at the Silver Dollar City amusement park in Branson, Missouri.
 The ride was the first wooden roller coaster manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction and the first wooden roller coaster with multiple inversions, in which riders are turned upside-down and then back upright.
 The 2937 ft ride features three inversions and a top speed of 68 mph , making "Outlaw Run" the sixth-fastest wooden roller coaster in the world.
 The 162 ft first drop of the ride is the fourth steepest in the world among wooden roller coasters, at 81° beyond horizontal.
Kings Island is a 364 acre theme park located in Mason, Ohio, 24 mi northeast of Cincinnati.
 Since the opening of the amusement park in 1972, at least one attraction has been added every year except 1978, 1980, 1983, and 2008.
 The park is known to have attractions such as Flight of Fear which was the world's first linear induction motor launched roller coaster, and The Beast which has held the record for the world's longest wooden roller coaster since its opening in 1979.
 Also, The Beast continues to be ranked as one of the best wooden roller coasters in the world by industry polls.
 Kings Island's newest attraction is Mystic Timbers, a wooden roller coaster manufactured by Great Coasters International.
 With this addition, Kings Island claimed the record for most wooden roller coaster track of any amusement park in the world, and tied the record for most wooden roller coasters, with five.
Great Coasters International, Inc. (GCI or GCII) is a Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based roller coaster manufacturer which has created several award-winning rides since its formation in 1994.
 Starting in 2006 with Thunderbird in Finland, the company expanded beyond the United States and began building coasters in Europe and Asia.
 Günter Engelhardt GmbH handles the company's marketing rights in Europe.
 In addition to designing and building new roller coasters, GCI also refurbishes and re-tracks existing roller coasters, regardless of manufacturer.
SW8 ("Secret Weapon 8") is the code name for a wooden roller coaster currently under construction at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
 The ride replaced The Flume which closed at the end of the 2015 season.
 The attraction is set to be the park's first roller coaster constructed from wood and is to be manufactured by Great Coasters International.
 The ride is expected to open at the beginning of the 2018 season and is rumoured to have a "wickerman" theme.
Oblivion is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in England.
 The ride opened as the world's first dive coaster on 14 March 1998, amidst a large publicity campaign.
 It was the second in a long line of 'Secret Weapon (SW4)' rollercoasters to have opened at Alton Towers.
 The ride has a height restriction of 55 in .
 With a maximum speed of 68 mph, it is the third fastest roller coaster in the UK, behind Stealth at Thorpe Park and the Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
The Cyclone was a wooden roller coaster that operated at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts, from 1925 until 1969.
 When Cyclone was constructed, it was the tallest roller coaster ever built, as well as being the first roller coaster in the world to reach 100 ft in height.
 In addition to being the tallest roller coaster of its day, some also claim that it was the largest and fastest roller coaster in the world, with a length of 3600 ft and top speeds between 45 and 50 mph (some dispute the speed record claim and instead award that honor to the Giant Dipper).
 Cyclone held the title of world's tallest roller coaster until 1964 when it was surpassed by Montaña Rusa at La Feria Chapultepec Mágico in Mexico City, Mexico.
White Cyclone (ホワイトサイクロン , Howaito Saikuron ) is a wooden roller coaster at Nagashima Spa Land in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
 At 1700 m in length, White Cyclone is the third longest wooden roller coaster in the world, and is the longest wooden roller coaster outside of the United States.
 Despite its length, White Cyclone is still considerably shorter than the 2479 m Steel Dragon 2000, the world's longest steel roller coaster, which is also at Nagashima Spa Land.
 In addition to being the third longest wooden roller coaster, White Cyclone is the seventh tallest wooden roller coaster in the world and the fourth tallest wooden roller coaster outside the United States.
 A single ride on the White Cyclone costs ¥1,000 (approximately $9 USD), and the ride is restricted to those individuals above 1.3 m in height; and those individuals under 54 years of age.
A wooden roller coaster is most often classified as a roller coaster with running rails made of flattened steel strips mounted on laminated wooden track.
 Occasionally, the support structure may be made out of a steel lattice or truss, but the ride remains classified as a wooden roller coaster due to the track design.
 Because of the limits of wood, wooden roller coasters, in general, do not have inversions (when the coaster goes upside down), steep drops, or extremely banked turns (overbanked turns).
 However, there are exceptions; the defunct Son of Beast at Kings Island had a 214 ft drop and originally had a 90 ft loop until the end of the 2006 season, although the loop had steel supports.
 Other special cases are Hades 360 at Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
 The coaster features a double-track tunnel, a corkscrew, and a 90-degree banked turn.
 There is also The Voyage at Holiday World (an example of a wooden roller coaster with a steel structure for supports) featuring three separate 90-degree banked turns.
 Ravine Flyer II at Waldameer Park has a 90-degree banked turn, T Express at Everland in South Korea with a 77-degree drop, and Outlaw Run at Silver Dollar City which has 3 inversions and 120-degree overbanked turn.