Research and development in all areas of industrial production as well as creation, acquisition, management and disposal of intellectual property rights of all kinds, including provision of services in this context to companies of the Gorilla Group; acquisition, encumbrance and disposal of real estate and intellectual property rights; granting loans or other financing to their direct or indirect parent companies as well as their direct or indirect subsidiaries, against payment or free of charge, and providing security of all kinds for the liabilities of such group companies, including guarantees, pledges and fiduciary transfers of the company's assets.