China First Heavy Industries manufactures and sells technical equipment in China and internationally. Its products include nuclear power equipment, petrochemical equipment such as coal liquefaction and hydrogenation reactors, PTA and ethylene oxide reactors, oversized heat exchangers, and coal gasifiers; metallurgical equipment including continuous casting machines, converters, electric furnaces, cold and hot strip rolling mills, sectional beams, long product rolling mills, shearing lines, plate levelers, slab sizing presses, and coilers; forging equipment including mechanical and hot die forging presses, stretch levelers, and large hydraulic presses; and engineering equipment such as mining excavators, shield tunneling machines, plate bending machines, and roller mills. The company also provides spare parts, engineering contracting, design, transportation and insurance, technical guidance and training, installation and debugging, after-sale maintenance, and warehouse and storage services. It engages in heavy equipment technology development, electromechanical products, electrical products manufacturing, glass fiber products, and wind power services, and offers material technology R&D, import and export, technical development and consultation, technology transfer, installation, and international marketing. It serves the nuclear power, petrochemical, hydrogenation, and metallurgy sectors. Formerly known as First Heavy Machinery Works, the company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Qiqihar, China.