The corporation Linden Comansa was initially known as "Imausa." In the early 1960s, they started their activities as jig and tool makers. The company started out 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 machine tools, jigs and various kinds of tools for both in-house and external applications. Moreover, the company specialized in manufacturing 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 amongst the biggest tourism magnets within the world. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for housing, hospitals and schools amongst various other things. The company became really busy, really fast.
Production
The very first simple cranes made were saddle-jib. These machines were best suited for the particular building methods being used during that time. The very first crane model eventually grew into a variety 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 design and engineer cranes that surpass the 900 metric ton capacity. There is presently manufacturing and design facilities that permit the development and production of more incredible and even bigger machinery.
There are several particular advantages offered by the unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane, that made it a logical addition to the range Linden Comansa provided to customers all over the world. These global customers have bought about 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the roughly 6000 machinery made by Linden-Alimak within Sweden. These other cranes were manufactured before the acquisition of the world-wide manufacturing and selling rights of this specific modular system.