Terves Inc, spun out of Powdermet Inc, is a materials science company producing engineered composites used in the oil and gas well completions and defense industries. The company designs, develops, and manufactures metal, ceramic and composite powders and materials that are engineered to respond to their environment and predefined engineered stimuli. The companys reactive disintegrating materials include fracking, isolation, perforating, flow control, and sealing solutions that are metallic and high strength until a specific stimulus induces reaction and disintegration, eliminating the need for wellbore cleanup. One of the company's main goals is to reduce the amount of water required in hydraulic fracking well completions.