The company Linden Comansa was originally known as "Imausa." In the early 1960s, they started their activities as tool and jig manufacturers. 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 jigs, machine tools and other tools for both in-house and external use. The corporation 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 soon become one of the globe's largest tourism magnets. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for hospitals, schools and housing among other things. The corporation became very busy, very fast.
Production
The first cranes that were produced were simple, saddle-jib cranes. They were mostly suited to the building methods at that specific 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 that exceed the 900 metric ton capacity. There is currently design and manufacturing facilities which allow the development and production of more spectacular and even larger 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 globe. These global clients have bought roughly 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the roughly 6000 machines made within Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These various other cranes were made before the acquisition of the world-wide manufacturing and selling rights of this specific modular system.