Dynamic Materials Produces Largest-Ever Explosion-Welded Plates

BOULDER, CO--(Marketwire - November 30, 2010) - Dynamic Materials Corporation (DMC) (NASDAQ: BOOM), the world's leading provider of explosion-welded clad metal plates, today announced it has shipped an order incorporating the largest clad plates ever manufactured using explosion welding technology. At 542 inches in length (13.8 meters), 120 inches in width (3 meters) and 2.84 inches in thickness (72 millimeters), the plates each exceed 53,000 pounds (24 metric tons) and have a surface area of more than 450 square feet (42 square meters). The plates will be used in equipment associated with a North American clean diesel fuel project. The 0.12-inch-thick (3 millimeters) stainless steel cladding layer will provide corrosion resistance during the aggressive diesel production process, while the alloy steel base metal will offer higher strength and lower cost than would be available from solid stainless steel. 

"To the best of our knowledge these also represent the largest plates ever produced by any industrial clad plate manufacturing technology," said Jeff Nicol, DMC's vice president of sales and marketing. "Our ability to cost effectively produce and ship such large plates allows our fabricating customers to design their equipment with greater flexibility and efficiency. Our cladding teams have been pursuing increasingly demanding production specifications, and we believe our recent achievements could open up a range of new project opportunities."

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; Oilfield Products, which manufactures, markets and sells specialized explosive components and systems used to perforate oil and gas wells; 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.

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Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements, including our ability to attract new project opportunities, all of which involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: our ability to obtain new contracts at attractive prices; the size and timing of customer orders and shipments; our ability to realize sales from our backlog; fluctuations in customer demand; fluctuations in foreign currencies, changes to customer orders; the cyclicality of our business; competitive factors; the timely completion of contracts; the timing and size of expenditures, the timing and price of metal and other raw material; the adequacy of local labor supplies at our facilities; current or future limits on manufacturing capacity at our various operations; the availability and cost of funds; and general economic conditions, both domestic and foreign, impacting our business and the business of the end-market users we serve; 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, 2009.

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