The company Linden Comansa was originally known as "Imausa." During the early 1960s, they began their activities as tool and jig makers. The company began supplying mostly the bigger 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 jigs, machine tools and other tools for both in-house and external use. 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 amongst the globe's largest tourism magnets. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for housing, hospitals and schools among other things. The corporation became extremely busy, very fast.
Production
The very first cranes that were manufactured were saddle-jib, simple cranes. They were mainly suitable to the building methods at that particular time. The very first crane model eventually grew into a range 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 surpass the 900 metric ton capacity. There is presently manufacturing and design facilities which allow the production and development of more spectacular and even larger equipments.
The unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane offers some specific benefits that has made it a popular machine for Linden Comansa customers all around the world. These global customers have purchased roughly 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the approximately 6000 machines manufactured within Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These other cranes were made prior to the acquisition of the world-wide manufacturing and selling rights of this particular modular system.