The company Linden Comansa was originally known as "Imausa." During the early parts of the 1960s, they started their activities as tool and jig manufacturers. The company started out supplying mostly the bigger 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 sophisticated machine tools, jigs and other tools for both in-house and external applications. In addition, the company specialized in making pre-fabricated steel structures specially 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 among the globe's largest tourism magnets. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for hospitals, schools and housing among different other things. The company became very busy, really fast.
Production
The very first cranes that were manufactured were saddle-jib, simple cranes. They were mainly suited to the building methods at that specific time. The first crane model eventually grew into a variety 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 which allow the production and development of more spectacular and even larger equipments.
There are some specific advantages offered by the unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane, that made it a logical addition to the range Linden Comansa offered to clients all around the world. These global customers have purchased roughly 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the roughly 6000 machines made within Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These other cranes were made before the acquisition of the world-wide manufacturing and selling rights of this specific modular system.