The Company's purpose is the research, development, engineering, and enhancement of innovative technologies in plant and food production. It is notably active in the creation, acquisition, holding, management, protection, exploitation, and licensing of intellectual property rights, including patents, designs, software, data, know-how, and trademarks, related to agricultural and environmental solutions. The Company can develop and market technologies in the form of licenses, royalties, research and development contracts, technology transfer agreements, as well as provide engineering services, strategic consulting, and innovation. It can create subsidiaries, take stakes in other companies, and carry out any related or complementary activity to the main purpose, in Switzerland and abroad.