The company's purpose is to purchase and sell goods of all kinds, to research, develop and distribute products, and to provide services in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, polymers, batteries, biotechnology, chemistry, nutrition and related areas. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or establish them, make direct or indirect financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, and provide paid and unpaid guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company may also acquire, rent and sell real estate, acquire and exploit industrial property rights and know-how, and conduct all business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.