The company Linden Comansa was originally referred to as "Imausa." During the early parts of the 1960s, they started their activities as tool and jig makers. The company started out supplying mostly the larger sub-contractors to the then booming automotive industry
Around that same time, there was a strong industrial expansion within Spain. This period saw Imausa making more sophisticated machine tools, jigs and other tools for both external and in-house applications. The company even specialized in manufacturing pre-fabricated steel structures especially for industrial buildings.
The company's most logical and next step was into the crane market. The Spanish tourist business exploded to rapidly become amongst the biggest tourism magnets in the globe. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for hospitals, schools and housing among various other things. The corporation became really busy, very fast.
Production
The first cranes that were produced were saddle-jib, simple cranes. They were mostly suitable to the building methods at that particular time. The first crane model eventually grew into a range 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 which surpass the 900 metric ton capacity. There is currently design and manufacturing facilities which allow the development and production of more spectacular and even larger equipments.
There are several specific advantages offered by the unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane, which made it a logical addition to the range Linden Comansa provided to customers all over the world. These clients all over the globe have purchased roughly 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the approximately 6000 machines manufactured in Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These other cranes were manufactured prior to the acquisition of the world-wide manufacturing and selling rights of this specific modular system.