The company Linden Comansa was initially referred to as "Imausa." During the early 1960s, they began their activities as tool and jig 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 machine tools, jigs and different types of tools for both in-house and external use. The company also 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 business exploded to soon become amongst the world's largest tourism magnets. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for housing, hospitals and schools amongst other things. The company became very busy, very fast.
Production
The very first simple cranes made were saddle-jib. These machines were best suitable for the specific building methods being used at 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 engineer and design cranes which surpass the 900 metric ton capacity. There is currently manufacturing and design facilities which permit the production and development of more incredible and even larger equipments.
The unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane offers some specific benefits that has made it a popular machine for Linden Comansa clients all around the world. These global customers have bought around 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the approximately 6000 machinery made by Linden-Alimak in Sweden. These other cranes were manufactured prior to the acquisition of the world-wide selling and manufacturing rights of this particular modular system.