Dynamic Materials Files Form 8-K/A With SEC Regarding Recent Purchase of DYNAenergetics


BOULDER, CO--(Marketwire - January 28, 2008) - Dynamic Materials Corporation (DMC) (NASDAQ: BOOM), the world's leading provider of explosion-welded plates, today filed a Form 8-K/A with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The document amends the Form 8-K filed on Nov. 19, 2007, which announced DMC's purchase of DYNAenergetics, a Germany-based manufacturer of clad metal plates and various explosives-related oil-field products.

Today's filing includes audited financial statements of DYNAenergetics for its fiscal years ended Sept. 30, 2006 and 2007. In addition, to illustrate what DMC and DYNAenergetics might have looked like as a combined entity in prior periods, the document includes unaudited pro forma financial information, which combines the historical balance sheets of both businesses as of Sept. 30, 2007 and historical operations for the nine-month period ended Sept. 30, 2007, and the year ended Dec. 31, 2006. Notes to the pro forma information address a number of assumptions and adjustments.

About Dynamic Materials Corporation

Based in Boulder, Colorado, Dynamic Materials Corporation is a leading international metalworking company. Its products, which are typically used in industrial capital projects, include explosion-welded clad metal plates and other metal fabrications for use in a variety of industries, including oil and gas, petrochemicals, alternative energy, hydrometallurgy, aluminum production, shipbuilding, power generation, industrial refrigeration and similar industries. The Company operates three business segments: Explosive Metalworking, which uses proprietary explosive processes to fuse different metals and alloys; Explosive Perforating, which manufactures, markets and sells oil field perforating equipment and explosives, and AMK Welding, which utilizes various technologies to weld components for use in power-generation turbines, as well as commercial and military jet engines. For more information, visit the Company's websites at http://www.dynamicmaterials.com and http://www.dynaenergetics.de.

Safe Harbor Language

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the following: our ability to integrate the DYNAenergetics business, DYNAenergetics ability to continue the rate of its sales, net income and growth; as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Contact Information: CONTACT: Pfeiffer High Investor Relations, Inc. Geoff High 303-393-7044