The corporation Linden Comansa was initially referred to as "Imausa." In the early 1960s, they began their activities as tool and jig manufacturers. The company began supplying mostly the larger 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 advanced machine tools, jigs and other tools for both external and in-house applications. In addition, the corporation specialized in manufacturing pre-fabricated steel structures especially for industrial buildings.
The company's most logical and next step was into the crane market. The Spanish tourist industry exploded to soon become amongst the world's largest tourism magnets. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for hospitals, schools and housing amongst other things. The company became very busy, really fast.
Production
The first simple cranes manufactured were saddle-jib. These machinery were best suited for the particular building methods being used during that time. The very first crane model eventually grew into a range 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 that surpass the 900 metric ton capacity. There is currently design and manufacturing facilities that permit the production and development of even larger and more spectacular equipments.
There are some specific benefits offered by the unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane, that made it a logical addition to the range Linden Comansa provided to customers all over the globe. These customers all around the world have bought about 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the approximately 6000 equipments made by Linden-Alimak within Sweden. These different other cranes were manufactured before the acquisition of the world-wide selling and manufacturing rights of this particular modular system.