The corporation Linden Comansa was originally known as "Imausa." During the early 1960s, they started their activities as tool and jig makers. The company started out supplying mostly the bigger sub-contractors to the then booming automotive business
There was a strong industrial expansion in Spain during that same time. This period saw Imausa making more sophisticated jigs, machine tools and other tools for both external and in-house use. The company also specialized in making pre-fabricated steel structures particularly for industrial buildings.
The company's next and most logical step was into the crane market. The Spanish tourist business exploded to immediately become one of the largest tourism magnets in the globe. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for housing, hospitals and schools amongst other things. The company became extremely busy, really fast.
Production
The very first cranes that were produced were simple, saddle-jib 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.
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 exceed the 900 metric ton capacity. There is presently design and manufacturing facilities which allow the development and production of more spectacular and even larger equipments.
The unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane provides some particular benefits which has made it a popular machine for Linden Comansa customers all over the globe. These clients all around the world have purchased approximately 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the roughly 6000 machines manufactured by Linden-Alimak in Sweden. These various other cranes were manufactured before the acquisition of the world-wide selling and manufacturing rights of this specific modular system.