The corporation Linden Comansa was originally referred to as "Imausa." In the early parts of the 1960s, they started their activities as jig and tool manufacturers. The company started out supplying mostly the bigger sub-contractors to the then booming automotive business
Around that same time, there was a strong industrial expansion within Spain. This period saw Imausa making more advanced machine tools, jigs and other tools for both in-house and external applications. The company also specialized in making pre-fabricated steel structures particularly for industrial buildings.
Imausa's initiation into the crane market was an almost inevitable if not logical step. The Spanish tourist business exploded to rapidly become amongst the biggest tourism magnets within the globe. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for schools, housing and hospitals amongst other things. The corporation became extremely busy, very fast.
Production
The first cranes that were made were saddle-jib, simple cranes. They were mostly suitable to the building methods at that specific time. The first crane model eventually grew into a variety of cranes with a capacity ranging from 12 to 42 metric-tons.
Linden Comansa saddle-jib cranes had already met the 200 metric-ton barrier by the early 1970s. Linden Comansa has surpassed the standard and has continued to design and engineer cranes that exceed the 900 metric ton capacity. There is currently design and manufacturing facilities that permit the production and development of even bigger and more spectacular 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 around the world. These clients all around the globe have bought approximately 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the roughly 6000 machinery made within Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These other cranes were made prior to the acquisition of the world-wide manufacturing and selling rights of this specific modular system.