(FILES) An operator checks the proper functioning of the encapsulating machine at the Global manufacturing and technology module at the headquarters of French defence giant Thales in Gemenos on September 18, 2024. PVC plates, spools of gold wire and thousands of chips scattered on a disk in the evening, so many personalized bank cards ready to go the next morning: this is the tour de force performed every night at the Thales factory in Gémenos, Bouches-du-Rhone. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)