China First Heavy Industries manufactures and sells technical equipment in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company offers nuclear power equipment; petrochemical equipment, such as coal liquefaction, and hydrogenation reactors, PTA and ethylene oxide reactor, oversized heat exchangers, coal gasifiers, etc.; metallurgical equipment, including continuous casting machine, converters and electric furnaces, cold and hot strip rolling mill, sectional beam, and long product rolling mill, shearing lines, plate levelers, slab sizing presses, and coilers, etc.; forging equipment comprising mechanical, hot die forging, stretch levelers, and large hydraulic presses; and engineering equipment, such as mining excavators, shield tunneling machines, plate bending, and roller mills. It also provides spare parts and special tolls; design service; product transportation and insurance service; technical guidance and training service; product installation and debugging services; after-sale maintenance services; and warehouse and storage services. In addition, the company engages in heavy equipment technology development; manufacturing of electrical products; glass fiber and product; and wind power services. Further, the company offers material technology research and development, and promotion services; import and export services; technical development, consultation, and exchange services, technology transfer and promotion services; international marketing business; and manufacture and sale of concrete structural, and technical services. It serves nuclear power, petrochemicals, hydrogenation, metallurgy sectors China First Heavy Industries was formerly known as First Heavy Machinery Works. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Qiqihar, the People's Republic of China.