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• I could not be more excited for the future of both companies,” said Worthington Enterprises President and CEO Andy Rose.
• “For the businesses that are part of Worthington Enterprises, the current quarter was solid despite some headwinds.
• Steel Processing’s net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2024 totaled $788.7 million, down $53.3 million, compared to the prior year quarter.
• I am very optimistic about our future given our market-leading brands, strong balance sheet and talented people.”
  Worthington will review fiscal 2024 second quarter results during its quarterly conference call on December 20, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time.

• NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aerostat Systems Market size is expected to grow by USD 10.58 billion, accelerating at a CAGR of almost 15.07% during the forecast period.
• Better performance and cost benefits compared with geostationary satellites to drive the aerostat systems market growth.
• The report analyses the market size and growth and provides accurate predictions on the growth of the market.
• Aerostat Systems Market 2023 – 2027: Market Dynamics:
  Aerostat systems are gaining popularity for their persistent aerial surveillance and intelligence capabilities.

Looking for something to do this Summer? Our experts have gone to some of the best exhibitions around the UK and given us their take on it. From retrospectives of painter Peter Howson’s work in Edinburgh and filmmaker Brian Desmond Hurst’s work in Belfast to a groundbreaking photography exhibition in London and a huge inflatable sculpture installation in Manchester.

1. When The Apple Ripens: Peter Howson at 65 – Edinburgh City Arts Centre, Edinburgh

• Peter Howson’s story is about seeking dignity in human suffering and violence, and finding redemption.
• It is also uniquely Scottish.
• An unmistakably Scottish feature of Howson’s work is the undertone of Calvinism with its god-fearing, joyless culture of toil and penitence.

2. Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris – Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

• She didn’t create loud, macho work, nor sexy, objectified nudes, nor abstract forms, like many male modernists.
• She was fiercely herself, making small, intimate, idiosyncratic paintings that share a definite style and palette over the course of her career.
• It valiantly takes on the task of proclaiming her importance in the history of modern art.

3. A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography – Tate Modern, London

• Simultaneously, it stands as a long-awaited affirmation of African photographers, validating their unique use of the medium.
• The 36 featured photographers tell stories of an Africa that celebrates its spirituality and is untangling itself from its colonial past.
• By working with masks, mirrors, self-portraiture or consenting sitters, the featured artists all circumnavigate the historic and often still-present exploitative relationship between the camera and the African continent.

4. Film as Art: Brian Desmond Hurst, Film Director – Ulster Museum, Belfast

• This exhibition at the Ulster Museum presents the story of film director Brian Desmond Hurst’s eventful life and times through archive film posters, production stills, photographs, letters and a video compilation of clips from some of his work.
• Born in the heart of working-class East Belfast in 1895, Hurst’s long life – like his film œuvre – was a bundle of surprises and contradictions.

5. Dippy in Coventry: The Nation’s Favourite Dinosaur – Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry

• Billed as the “dinosaur in residence”, Dippy the famous sauropod from the Natural History Museum is on long loan to the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry.
• This is the 26-metre skeleton of one of the longest dinosaurs ever – the marvel of the Jurassic.
• What you see is a perfect, life-sized plaster cast of the original skeleton, which is in the Pittsburgh Natural History Museum.

6. Yayoi Kusama: You, me and the Balloons – The Warehouse at Aviva Studios, Manchester

• The installations provide various levels of engagement, from playful interactions to deeper contemplation of meaning.
• Kusama’s universe is magic to observe, in the first room visitors are confronted by inflatable tentacles that fill the room with their impressive size.
• The large mirrored wall also creates distorted reflections, blurring the lines between reality and Kusama’s dream world.

• One of the largest and longest-running balloon industry conventions in the United States, FLOAT, has asked David Mahoney and Amanda Mahoney from Balloons Everyday to speak at FLOAT 2024.
• DALLAS, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Balloons Everyday is excited to announce that their founder, David Mahoney, will be a guest educator at FLOAT 2024.
• Fellow owner, Amanda Mahoney, was also invited to teach at the biggest balloon convention in America.
• Those looking to learn more about the FLOAT convention can visit: Home | FLOAT Convention 2024
  Those interested in learning more about Balloons Everyday are encouraged to visit: https://balloonseveryday.com/