The board of directors of DMC Global Inc. announced the appointment of Michael Kuta as president, chief executive officer and director, effective immediately. Mr. Kuta was previously DMC?s interim co-CEO, a position he and DMC director David Aldous jointly assumed in January 2023. From 2014 to January 2023, Mr. Kuta was DMC?s chief financial officer.

Mr. Kuta has more than 25 years of corporate leadership experience in the energy, petrochemical, industrial and building products industries. Prior to joining DMC, he held a variety of financial and executive leadership roles with The Lubrizol Corporation, a $6 billion business of Berkshire Hathaway, and at Lincoln Electric, a global leader in advanced welding equipment. Mr. Kuta holds a master?s of business administration in finance from Case Western Reserve University, and a bachelor?s degree in accounting from Kent State University.