The company Linden Comansa was originally known as "Imausa." In the early 1960s, they began their activities as tool and jig makers. The company started out supplying mostly the bigger sub-contractors to the then booming automotive business
There was a strong industrial expansion within Spain during that same time. This period saw Imausa making more advanced machine tools, jigs and various kinds of tools for both in-house and external applications. Also, the company specialized in making 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 world's largest tourism magnets. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for housing, hospitals and schools amongst other things. The company became very busy, very fast.
Production
The very first simple cranes made were saddle-jib. These equipments 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.
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 that exceed the 900 metric ton capacity. There is presently design and manufacturing facilities that permit the production and development of more incredible and even bigger machinery.
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 around the world. These global customers have bought about 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the approximately 6000 machines manufactured in Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These different other cranes were manufactured prior to the acquisition of the world-wide manufacturing and selling rights of this specific modular system.