The corporation Linden Comansa was initially referred to as "Imausa." In the early 1960s, they began their activities as tool and jig manufacturers. The company started out supplying mainly the larger sub-contractors to the then booming automotive business
Around that same time, there was a strong industrial expansion in Spain. This period saw Imausa making more sophisticated machine tools, jigs and other tools for both external and in-house use. The corporation even specialized in making pre-fabricated steel structures especially for industrial buildings.
Imausa's initiation into the crane market was an almost inevitable if not logical step. The Spanish tourist industry exploded to rapidly become one of the largest tourism magnets in the globe. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for schools, housing and hospitals among different other things. The company became extremely busy, really fast.
Production
The first simple cranes manufactured were saddle-jib. These equipments were best suited for the specific building methods being used at that time. The very first crane model eventually grew into a range 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 design and engineer cranes which exceed the 900 metric ton capacity. There is presently manufacturing and design facilities that permit the production and development of even bigger and more spectacular machines.
There are some specific benefits offered by the unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane, which made it a logical addition to the range Linden Comansa offered to clients all around the world. These global clients have purchased roughly 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the roughly 6000 equipments made in Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These various other cranes were manufactured prior to the acquisition of the world-wide selling and manufacturing rights of this specific modular system.