The company's purpose is to operate engineering services of all kinds. Furthermore, the company can offer research, development and teaching as well as further education and adult education. The company can establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or establish companies, acquire, exploit and sell patents, licenses and real estate, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It can also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.