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