The corporation Linden Comansa was initially referred to as "Imausa." In the early parts of the 1960s, they started their activities as jig and tool makers. The company started out supplying mostly the larger 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 sophisticated jigs, machine tools and different types of tools for both external and in-house applications. The company even 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 soon become one of the biggest tourism magnets within the world. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for housing, hospitals and schools among different other things. The company became really busy, really fast.
Production
The first cranes that were made were saddle-jib, simple cranes. They were mostly suited to the building methods during that particular time. The 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 which surpass the 900 metric ton capacity. There is presently manufacturing and design facilities that permit the production and development of even bigger and more spectacular machines.
There are several specific advantages offered by the unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane, which made it a logical addition to the range Linden Comansa provided to customers all around the globe. These clients all over the world have purchased approximately 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the roughly 6000 equipments manufactured by Linden-Alimak in Sweden. These other cranes were manufactured prior to the acquisition of the world-wide manufacturing and selling rights of this particular modular system.