Trading and manufacturing of goods of all kinds, in particular with metals, provision of consulting services in metal and apparatus construction, planning and execution of buildings as well as provision of related services. May provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, enter into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties, establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire or sell real estate and enter into any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.