Better Materials Start Here
If you’ve ever wished your phone were lighter, your battery lasted longer, or your car produced fewer emissions, then you’ve wished for better materials. At Thermo-Calc, we help engineers turn those ambitions into reality.
We provide software, databases, and expert services that allow engineers and researchers to replace costly, time-consuming experiments with predictive materials data and deep technical knowledge. The result is faster development, reduced costs, and higher confidence in materials decisions.
30+
Year track record
2000+
Customers globally
60+
Countries with active users
50,000+
Citations in journals
Who We Are
Thermo-Calc Software is the global leader in computational materials engineering. For more than 30 years, we have been developing software and databases used to predict and understand materials behavior.
Our flagship product, Thermo-Calc, is trusted by engineers and scientists at more than 2,000 organizations in over 60 countries. It has become the industry standard for thermodynamic and properties simulations, helping teams accelerate materials innovation, reduce development costs, optimize processing conditions, and improve product performance.
Beginning in 2025, we launched Thermo-Calc Solutions, our engineering services division, combining deep materials science and ICME expertise with data‑driven, AI‑enabled methods to help organizations solve complex materials challenges.
Expert Services
For organizations that require advanced technical expertise, we offer Thermo-Calc Solutions, our engineering services division. Thermo-Calc Solutions brings together a team of expert engineers and scientists who leverage Thermo-Calc and other physics-based modeling approaches alongside advanced digital and experimental tools to help customers solve complex materials challenges and accelerate development programs.
Whether you already use Thermo-Calc Software products and want to unlock even greater value, or you require tailored consulting services independent of the software, our specialists deliver high-impact solutions and help you turn data into measurable business results.
How We Can Help
Materials development and process optimization are inherently complex. Without reliable data, engineers face costly trial-and-error testing, uncertain material behavior, and slow development cycles. Thermo-Calc provides accurate simulations, validated data, and expert services that give a deeper understanding of materials and processing conditions, giving teams the confidence to make better decisions in their work.
The Printability map shown here is used to determine optimal power and scan speeds for 3D printing of 316L stainless steel (the white area), drastically reducing the number of required trials.
Trusted by Leading Companies
Our customers are engineers and researchers at leading companies, research labs, and universities who use Thermo-Calc to design new alloys, enhance product performance, and optimize materials processing conditions. Their work shapes the products you interact with every day in materials that are stronger, lighter, more durable, and better for the environment.
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Global Presence
With headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and offices across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, we support customers around the world. Our global reach allows us to provide local expertise, training, and support in multiple languages, ensuring consistent, high-quality service wherever our customers operate.
Sustainability at the Core
Sustainability is central to everything we do. Our materials data empowers organizations to reduce environmental impact across the entire materials lifecycle, from more efficient alloy design and optimized processing to effective aluminum recycling, steel decarbonization, reduced reliance on critical materials, and innovations that support the transition to green energy.
The data generated by our tools and provided by our experts enables engineers to make informed materials decisions that help shape a more sustainable future.
A Strong History
Thermo-Calc Software was founded in 1997, but our history goes back much further, to the late 1970s at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. There a group of graduate students developed the first version of Thermo-Calc, laying the foundation for what would become a new approach to computational materials engineering.
Built on decades of scientific knowledge, validated models, and real-world experience, our software and services reflect our core values: driven by knowledge, shaped by curiosity, strengthened by trust, and united by teamwork. The result is reliable tools and expert guidance you can depend on to solve today’s most complex materials challenges.
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Our Values
Driven by Knowledge
Built on decades of scientific excellence, knowledge guides our innovation, ensures reliability, and empowers colleagues and customers to succeed.
Shaped by Curiosity
Embracing creativity, we innovate with purpose to make a real-world impact. From predictive modelling to cutting-edge materials design, we push boundaries that advance science and enable progress.
Strengthened by Trust
Like our products, we are reliable, accurate, and consistent. Partners, customers, and colleagues can count on us for fairness, integrity, and professional excellence in everything we deliver.
United by Teamwork
Stronger together, our culture thrives on openness, collaboration, and respect, supporting each other globally and growing through our shared commitment to success.