The corporation Linden Comansa was initially known as "Imausa." During the early parts of the 1960s, they started their activities as jig and tool manufacturers. The company started out supplying mainly the larger sub-contractors to the then booming automotive industry
There was a strong industrial expansion in Spain during that same time. This period saw Imausa making more sophisticated machine tools, jigs and other tools for both external and in-house use. The corporation also specialized in making pre-fabricated steel structures specially for industrial buildings.
Imausa's initiation into the crane market was an almost inevitable if not logical step. The Spanish tourist business exploded to soon become one of the globe's biggest tourism magnets. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for hospitals, schools and housing among various other things. The corporation became really busy, really fast.
Production
The first cranes that were manufactured were simple, saddle-jib cranes. They were mostly suited to the building methods during that particular time. The 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 which surpass the 900 metric ton capacity. There is presently manufacturing and design facilities that permit the production and development of more spectacular and even larger equipments.
There are some particular advantages offered by the unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane, that made it a logical addition to the range Linden Comansa offered to clients all over the world. These clients all around the world have purchased around 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the approximately 6000 machinery made by Linden-Alimak within Sweden. These other cranes were made prior to the acquisition of the world-wide selling and manufacturing rights of this particular modular system.