The company's name comes from a pseudonym used by the founder's son, "ChoongSan (Korean: 중산; Hanja: 重山; RR: Jungsan; MR: Chungsan)", and means "a heavy mountain that can endure every hardship.

Later, the firm made chimneys for fossil fuel burning plants.

The firm transitioned from building chimneys to wind turbine towers in 2003.

[2][3] CS Wind has manufacturing facilities in China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Turkey, Portugal, the United States, and Vietnam.

[4] The firm's US factory in Pueblo, Colorado was acquired from Vestas in 2021 and is undergoing a large expansion.