The purpose of the company is the manufacture and trade of machines and any type of equipment in the medical field, with medicinal products and biocidal products, as well as the provision of related services. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as carry out all activities that appear suitable for directly or indirectly promoting the purpose of the company or that are related thereto. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, exploit and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, as well as finance other companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, provide security for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including direct or indirect shareholders of the company or companies in which these shareholders are directly or indirectly involved), grant guarantees, enter into suretyships or secure or guarantee the obligations of these other companies in any other way, whether for a fee or not. Furthermore, it may engage in liquidity balancing/concentration of net liquidity (cash pooling) with the aforementioned companies or join such an arrangement, including periodic account balancing (balancing). The company may also do all this without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the profit-seeking nature of the company and assuming clustering risks.