The corporation Linden Comansa was originally referred to as "Imausa." During the early parts of the 1960s, they began their activities as tool and jig makers. The company started out supplying mostly the larger 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 sophisticated machine tools, jigs and different kinds of tools for both in-house and external applications. The company also specialized in manufacturing 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 business exploded to soon become amongst the world's biggest tourism magnets. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for schools, housing and hospitals among other things. The company became extremely busy, very fast.
Production
The very first simple cranes made were saddle-jib. These machines were best suitable for the specific building methods being utilized 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.
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 exceed the 900 metric ton capacity. There is currently design and manufacturing facilities that allow the development and production of more incredible and even bigger machines.
There are several particular advantages provided by the unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane, that made it a logical addition to the range Linden Comansa provided to clients all over the globe. These global customers have purchased approximately 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the roughly 6000 equipments manufactured in Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These other cranes were manufactured before the acquisition of the world-wide selling and manufacturing rights of this particular modular system.