A passenger train rides past an under-construction section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project at the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad on June 24, 2026. India is finally on track to open a section of its long-delayed first high-speed bullet train line in 2027, railway ministry officials say, almost a decade after work began. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP via Getty Images)

An employee works at the production site of the Samson group specialized in control valve engineering in Offenbach, western Germany, on June 10, 2026. The Samson group, which manufactures valves for the industry, will see around 450 of its roughly 2,000 employees in Germany retire within seven to eight years. "We already have to think about how to replace them and with what qualifications," explains its HR director, Frank Oppenlaender. The company has invested more than 500 million euros in a new factory in Offenbach and is actively looking for "machinists, mechatronics technicians and electronics technicians," profiles that are hard to find. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Jean-Philippe LACOUR

An employee works at the production site of the Samson group specialized in control valve engineering in Offenbach, western Germany, on June 10, 2026. The Samson group, which manufactures valves for the industry, will see around 450 of its roughly 2,000 employees in Germany retire within seven to eight years. "We already have to think about how to replace them and with what qualifications," explains its HR director, Frank Oppenlaender. The company has invested more than 500 million euros in a new factory in Offenbach and is actively looking for "machinists, mechatronics technicians and electronics technicians," profiles that are hard to find. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Jean-Philippe LACOUR

An employee works at the production site of the Samson group specialized in control valve engineering in Offenbach, western Germany, on June 10, 2026. The Samson group, which manufactures valves for the industry, will see around 450 of its roughly 2,000 employees in Germany retire within seven to eight years. "We already have to think about how to replace them and with what qualifications," explains its HR director, Frank Oppenlaender. The company has invested more than 500 million euros in a new factory in Offenbach and is actively looking for "machinists, mechatronics technicians and electronics technicians," profiles that are hard to find. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Jean-Philippe LACOUR

(FILES) Auto-rickshaw drivers ride past a construction site of the bullet train project 'Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail corridor' in Vadodara on February 4, 2026. India is finally on track to open a section of its long-delayed first high-speed bullet train line in 2027, railway ministry officials say, almost a decade after work began. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) A Vande Bharat train crosses a bridge over the Sabarmati river near the under-construction section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project in Ahmedabad on May 7, 2026. India is finally on track to open a section of its long-delayed first high-speed bullet train line in 2027, railway ministry officials say, almost a decade after work began. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers are seen at the construction site of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project in Mumbai on June 25, 2026. India is finally on track to open a section of its long-delayed first high-speed bullet train line in 2027, railway ministry officials say, almost a decade after work began. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP via Getty Images)

A commuter rides past signages at the construction site of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed bullet rail project in Mumbai on June 25, 2026. India is finally on track to open a section of its long-delayed first high-speed bullet train line in 2027, railway ministry officials say, almost a decade after work began. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP via Getty Images)