Exhibit 99.1

For Immediate Release

Contact:  Richard A. Santa
          Vice President, Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer
          Dynamic Materials Corporation
          303-604-3938


  DYNAMIC MATERIALS CORPORATION NAMES NEW PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

(Lafayette,  CO - November 21, 2000)  Dynamic  Materials  Corporation,  (Nasdaq:
BOOM),  "DMC",  today  announced  that the board of  directors  has elected Yvon
Pierre Cariou as the president  and chief  executive  officer of DMC. Mr. Cariou
replaces  Bernard  Fontana who had become DMC's  president  and chief  executive
officer on June 14, 2000 when SNPE, Inc. acquired a majority  ownership interest
in the Company.  As a result of the  assumption of new  responsibilities  within
Groupe SNPE,  the French parent of SNPE,  Inc.,  Mr.  Fontana  resigned as DMC's
president and chief executive officer but will continue to serve as president of
SNPE, Inc. and as a member of DMC's board of directors.

Mr. Cariou,  54, has extensive  senior  management  experience in fields closely
related to the activities of DMC, including the manufacturing of specialty metal
products and precision  components for the aerospace  industry.  During the past
two years, Cariou was President/CEO of AstroCosmos Metallurgical Inc., an exotic
metal  fabricator  specialist in cladding  equipment,  where he facilitated  the
integration of this recent  acquisition by Carbone Lorraine into the group. From
1993 until late 1998,  as a partner in  Hydrodyne/FPI  Inc., a space  components
supplier,  Mr. Cariou was involved in a number of space related programs ranging
from  improvement  to the Space  Shuttle Main Engine to various  NASA  satellite
projects.  Earlier in his career,  Cariou spent 14 years with  Carbone  Lorraine
Group, a diversified  French industrial group,  where he held various management
positions in both France and the United States. Mr. Cariou is a U.S. citizen.

Based in Lafayette,  Colorado,  Dynamic Materials Corporation is a leader in the
metal working  industry,  and its products  include  explosion bonded clad metal
plates and other metal fabrications for the petrochemical,  chemical processing,
satellite/launch  vehicle,  commercial aircraft,  defense and a variety of other
industries.

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