The company aims to engage in international trade with technical products and machines of all kinds. The company may also represent Swiss and foreign companies, acquire, manage or sell patents, open production facilities, participate in similar companies or companies with a similar purpose in Switzerland or abroad, acquire, manage or establish such companies. The company may conduct all commercial and financial transactions that are conducive to the realization of its purpose. Furthermore, it may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent companies as well as their or its direct or indirect subsidiaries, for consideration or free of charge, and provide security of all kinds for the liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of any kind. The company may acquire, manage and sell real estate.