The company Linden Comansa was originally known as "Imausa." During the early 1960s, they started their activities as jig and tool manufacturers. 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 advanced jigs, machine tools and other tools for both in-house and external applications. What's more, the company specialized in manufacturing 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 among the largest tourism magnets within the globe. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for housing, hospitals and schools amongst other things. The company became really busy, really fast.
Production
The first simple cranes made were saddle-jib. These machines were best suitable for the specific building methods being utilized at that time. The very 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 design and engineer cranes which surpass the 900 metric ton capacity. There is currently manufacturing and design facilities which permit the development and production of more spectacular and even bigger machinery.
There are some particular advantages offered by the unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane, which made it a logical addition to the range Linden Comansa provided to clients all over the globe. These global customers have bought approximately 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the approximately 6000 equipments made in Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These other cranes were made before the acquisition of the world-wide manufacturing and selling rights of this particular modular system.