Design, development, manufacture and import/export of as well as trade in machines and equipment of all kinds, and provision of related service, maintenance and consulting services. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, 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 thereto. It may acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate, intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds.