ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

(1)ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

Dynamic Materials Corporation (“DMC”) was incorporated in the state of Colorado in 1971 and reincorporated in the state of Delaware during 1997. DMC is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado and has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Germany, France, Canada and Russia.  Customers are located throughout the world. DMC currently operates under three business segments — Explosive Metalworking, in which metals are metallurgically joined or altered by using explosives; Oilfield Products, which manufactures, markets, and sells oil field perforating equipment and explosives; and AMK Welding, which utilizes a number of welding technologies to weld components for manufacturers of jet engines and ground-based turbines. DMC has eight wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, Nobelclad Europe S.A. (“Nobelclad”), Nitro Metall Aktiebolag (“Nitro Metall”), DYNAenergetics GmbH and Co. KG (“DYNAenergetics”), Dynaplat GmbH and Co. KG (“Dynaplat”), DYNAenergetics Canada, DYNAenergetics RUS, Perfoline and DYNAenergetics US. DYNAenergetics Canada (formerly LRI Oil Tools, Inc.) was acquired in 2009 as described below and DYNAenergetics RUS, Perfoline and DYNAenergetics US (formally Austin Explosives Company) were acquired in 2010 also as described below.  DMC also has one majority-owned subsidiary, KAZ DYNAenergetics, who distributes perforating equipment in Kazakhstan.  In addition, DMC has six wholly owned holding companies.  Dynamic Materials Luxembourg S.a r.l 1, Dynamic Materials Luxembourg S.a r.l 2, DYNAenergetics Holding GmbH, DYNAenergetics Beteiligungs GmbH and Dynaplat Holdings GmbH were established in connection with the acquisition of DYNAenergetics and DYNAenergetics NA, LLC was established in connection with the acquisition of LRI Oil Tools, Inc.

2009 Acquisition

On October 1, 2009, we acquired all of the stock of Alberta, Canada based LRI Oil Tools Inc (“LRI”), which is now operating under the name DYNAenergetics Canada.  DYNAenergetics Canada produces and distributes perforating equipment for use by the oil and gas exploration and production industry.  The business had a long-term strategic relationship with our Oilfield Products segment and had served for several years as our sole Canadian distributor.  Our statements of operations include the effect of the LRI acquisition from the October 1, 2009 closing date.  See Note 3 for additional disclosures regarding this acquisition.

2010 Acquisitions

On April 30, 2010, we purchased the outstanding minority-owned interests in our two Russian joint ventures that were previously majority owned by our Oilfield Products business segment.  These joint ventures include DYNAenergetics RUS, which is a Russian trading company that sells our oilfield products, and Perfoline, which is a Russian manufacturer of perforating gun systems.  Our statements of operations include the effect of the DYNAenergetics RUS and Perfoline acquisitions from the April 30, 2010 closing date.  See Note 3 for additional disclosures regarding these acquisitions.

On June 4, 2010, we completed our acquisition of the assets of Texas-based Austin Explosives Company (“AECO”).  This business is now part of our Oilfield Products business segment.  AECO had been a long-time distributor of DYNAenergetics shaped charges.  Our statements of operations include the effect of the AECO acquisition from the June 4, 2010 closing date.  See Note 3 for additional disclosures regarding this acquisition.