The company's purpose is to operate a plumbing business, perform sanitary, heating, roofing and repair work; to purchase and sell as well as import and export goods of all kinds. Within the framework of this purpose, the company may acquire, sell and broker rights, licenses and patents, establish branches and participate in other companies, as well as enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable for promoting the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may acquire, encumber, hold and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company may provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.