Linden Comansa was a corporation that started manufacturing jig and tool in the early 1960s. They went by the name "Imausa". The company began supplying mainly the bigger 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 sophisticated machine tools, jigs and various kinds of tools for both external and in-house use. In addition, the company specialized in manufacturing pre-fabricated steel structures specially for industrial buildings.
The company's next and most logical step was into the crane market. The Spanish tourist business exploded to rapidly become one of the largest tourism magnets in the world. This mass expansion of course brought a parallel demand for hospitals, schools and housing among other things. The company became extremely busy, very fast.
Production
The very first cranes that were produced were simple, saddle-jib cranes. They were mainly 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.
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 exceed the 900 metric ton capacity. There is presently manufacturing and design facilities which permit the development and production of more incredible and even bigger equipments.
There are several specific advantages offered by the unique Linden 8000 Modular System crane, that made it a logical addition to the range Linden Comansa offered to customers all over the world. These clients all around the world have purchased around 12,000 Linden Comansa cranes in addition to the approximately 6000 equipments manufactured within Sweden by Linden-Alimak. These other cranes were made before the acquisition of the world-wide selling and manufacturing rights of this specific modular system.