Linden Comansa was a corporation that started making jig and tool in the early 1960s. They went by the name "Imausa". The company started out supplying mainly the larger sub-contractors to the then booming automotive industry
Around that same time, there was a strong industrial expansion within Spain. This period saw Imausa making more advanced machine tools, jigs and different types of tools for both external and in-house applications. In addition, the corporation specialized in manufacturing pre-fabricated steel structures particularly for industrial buildings.
Imausa's initiation into the crane market was an almost inevitable if not logical step. The Spanish tourist business exploded to rapidly become one of the biggest tourism magnets within the world. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for hospitals, schools and housing among different other things. The corporation became very busy, very fast.
Production
The first cranes that were produced were saddle-jib, simple cranes. They were mostly suitable to the building methods during that particular time. The very 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 presently manufacturing and design facilities which permit the development and production of even larger and more spectacular machinery.
There are some specific advantages provided 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 world. These global clients have purchased around 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the roughly 6000 machines manufactured in Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These other cranes were manufactured prior to the acquisition of the world-wide selling and manufacturing rights of this particular modular system.