The corporation Linden Comansa was originally referred to as "Imausa." During the early parts of the 1960s, they started their activities as tool and jig makers. The company started out supplying mainly the larger sub-contractors to the then booming automotive business
Around that same time, there was a strong industrial expansion in Spain. This period saw Imausa making more sophisticated machine tools, jigs and different kinds of tools for both in-house and external applications. Moreover, the corporation specialized in manufacturing pre-fabricated steel structures specially for industrial buildings.
The company's next and most logical step was into the crane market. The Spanish tourist industry exploded to soon become one of the largest tourism magnets in the world. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for hospitals, schools and housing amongst other things. The corporation became extremely busy, very fast.
Production
The very first cranes that were made were saddle-jib, simple cranes. They were mainly suited to the building methods at that particular 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 surpass the 900 metric ton capacity. There is currently manufacturing and design facilities that permit the development and production of more incredible and even larger equipments.
The unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane provides some specific benefits which has made it a popular equipment for Linden Comansa customers all around the world. These global customers have bought about 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the approximately 6000 machinery manufactured in Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These other cranes were manufactured before the acquisition of the world-wide manufacturing and selling rights of this specific modular system.