Scientific Forming Technologies Corporation (SFTC) develops and supports the DEFORM System. SFTC is available for consulting, training, contract simulation, project management and software development on a project basis. Scientific Forming Technologies Corporation (SFTC) was incorporated by former Battelle employees to provide state of the art process design and analysis technologies to the materials forming industries. SFTC acquired from Battelle the DEFORM business in October 1991, and is currently supporting hundreds of user sites worldwide. DEFORM is the one of the most widely used FEM (Finite Element Method) software for metal forming and die analysis by the industry.