China First Heavy Industries manufactures and sells technical equipment in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It offers nuclear power equipment; petrochemical equipment, such as coal liquefaction reaction vessels, hydrogenation reactors, PTA and ethylene oxide reaction vessels, large heat exchangers, coal gasifiers, etc.; metallurgical equipment, including continuous casters, converters and electric furnaces, cold and hot strip steel, section steel, long product rolling mill unit, shearing machines, straightening machines, width setting machine, coiler, etc.; forging equipment comprising mechanical, hot die forging, stretch straighteners, and large hydraulic presses; and engineering equipment, such as mining excavators, shield tunneling machines, and roller mills. The company serves steel, non-ferrous, electric power, energy, automobile, mining, petroleum, chemical, transportation, and military industries. 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.