The company Linden Comansa was originally known as "Imausa." During the early 1960s, they began their activities as jig and tool makers. The company started out supplying mostly the larger sub-contractors to the then booming automotive industry
There was a strong industrial expansion within Spain during that same time. This period saw Imausa making more sophisticated machine tools, jigs and various types of tools for both external and in-house use. Additionally, the company specialized in manufacturing pre-fabricated steel structures specially for industrial buildings.
Imausa's initiation into the crane market was an almost inevitable if not logical step. The Spanish tourist industry exploded to soon become among the largest tourism magnets in the world. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for housing, hospitals and schools amongst other things. The corporation became really busy, very fast.
Production
The first simple cranes made were saddle-jib. These equipments were best suitable for the particular building methods being used during that time. The very first crane model eventually grew into a variety of cranes with a capacity ranging from 12 to 42 metric-tons.
By the early 1970s, Linden Comansa saddle-jib cranes had already met the 200 metric-ton barrier. Linden Comansa has surpassed the standard and has continued to engineer and design cranes which exceed the 900 metric ton capacity. There is presently manufacturing and design facilities which allow the development and production of more incredible and even larger equipments.
There are several particular benefits provided by the unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane, that made it a logical addition to the range Linden Comansa provided to customers all over the globe. These global customers have purchased approximately 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the roughly 6000 machines manufactured in Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These various other cranes were made prior to the acquisition of the world-wide manufacturing and selling rights of this specific modular system.