The company's purpose is to develop, produce, purchase, sell, lease, and market any type of products in the technological, industrial, medical, communication, engineering, and well-being fields, and in the research field. In general, the company may carry out all commercial, financial, movable, and immovable operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing its purpose or directly or indirectly related thereto, with the exception of operations prohibited by the LFAIE (it being specified that any real estate assets will be exclusively allocated for commercial purposes). It may participate in companies or enterprises with a similar purpose or other purposes and create branches in Switzerland and abroad, as well as grant and obtain loans or guarantees to shareholders or third parties.