Scientific Forming Technologies Corporation (SFTC) develops, markets and supports the DEFORM® system, the PREMIER process simulation solution for metal forming, thermal processing, heat treatment and material modeling. SFTC was founded three decades ago to provide state-of-the-art process simulation technology to the metal forming industry. SFTC licenses and supports DEFORM with backing by a worldwide network of distributors. With extensive industrial application and software development experience, SFTC is a leading provider of next-generation process simulation solutions. The DEFORM system is finite-element analysis (FEA) software developed to simulate metal manufacturing processes. Applications include cold forming, hot forging, rolling, heat treatment, machining, mechanical joining and material modeling. Computer simulation provides a "virtual" trial run environment as an alternative to costly and time consuming shop floor trials. Multi-national corporations to family-owned businesses rely on DEFORM during process development.