The purpose of the company is to trade, distribute and market goods, in particular plastics and plastic products, as well as to assume corresponding trade and business management contracts. The company may establish and/or finance branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it. Furthermore, the company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide collateral of all kinds for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries), including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not. In addition, it may engage in liquidity balancing/concentration of net liquidity (cash pooling) with the aforementioned companies or join such a system, including periodic account balancing (zero balancing). This also applies to preferential conditions without interest, excluding the company's pursuit of profit and assuming cluster risks.