The company's purpose is to plan, produce, advise and sell installations and systems in the entire energy sector, as well as to sell and manage participations of all kinds in domestic and foreign companies, and to perform the related coordination, financing and management tasks. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and carry out all legal transactions and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as provide guarantees, sureties and securities of all kinds for affiliated companies and third parties, or otherwise secure or guarantee obligations of these companies.