The corporation Linden Comansa was originally known as "Imausa." In the early parts of the 1960s, they started their activities as tool and jig makers. The company began supplying mainly the larger sub-contractors to the then booming automotive industry
There was a strong industrial expansion in Spain during that same time. This period saw Imausa making more advanced jigs, machine tools and other tools for both in-house and external applications. The corporation also 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 soon become amongst the world's biggest tourism magnets. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for hospitals, schools and housing amongst different other things. The corporation became very busy, very fast.
Production
The first cranes that were made were simple, saddle-jib cranes. They were mainly suited to the building methods during that specific time. The 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 currently manufacturing and design facilities which allow the development and production of more incredible and even larger machines.
There are some particular benefits provided 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 customers have bought approximately 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the roughly 6000 machines manufactured within Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These other cranes were manufactured before the acquisition of the world-wide selling and manufacturing rights of this specific modular system.