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  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)<br>
  OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> May&nbsp;1,
  2008</font></p>
  
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  Materials Corporation</font></b></p>
  
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  Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5405 Spine Road<br>
  Boulder, Colorado&#160; 80301<br>
  </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">(Address
  of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)</font></p>
  
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  filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
  registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;1, 2008, Dynamic Materials
  Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), issued a press release
  announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
  2008.&#160; A copy of the Company&#146;s press
  release is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and is incorporated herein by
  reference.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information provided in this Report is
  being furnished and shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section&nbsp;18
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be deemed
  incorporated by reference in any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, unless specifically stated so therein.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press
    Release, May&nbsp;1, 2008.</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DYNAMIC MATERIALS
    CORPORATION</font></p>
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    Financial Officer</font></p>
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text: UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
  OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
  May 1,
  2008
  Dynamic
  Materials Corporation
  (Exact
  Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  Delaware
  0-8328
  84-0608431
  (State or Other
    Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation)
  (Commission File
    Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
    Identification No.)
  5405 Spine Road
  Boulder, Colorado  80301
  (Address
  of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
  (303) 665-5700
  (Registrant's
  Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
  filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
  registrant under any of the following provisions:
  o
  Written communications
    pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material
    pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement
    communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
    CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement
    communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
    Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 2.02
  Results of Operations and
  Financial Condition.
  On May 1, 2008, Dynamic Materials
  Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), issued a press release
  announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31,
  2008.  A copy of the Company's press
  release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
  reference.
  The information provided in this Report is
  being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be deemed
  incorporated by reference in any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, unless specifically stated so therein.
  Item 9.01
  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit Number
  Description
  99.1
  Press
    Release, May 1, 2008.
  2
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  DYNAMIC MATERIALS
    CORPORATION
  Dated: May 1, 2008
  By:
  /s/ Richard A. Santa
  Richard A. Santa
  Vice President and Chief
    Financial Officer
  3
  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Exhibit Number
  Description
  99.1
  Press Release, May 1,
    2008.
  4