The purpose of the company is to provide services as well as to plan, develop, manufacture and trade machine building components, additively manufactured parts and other components. Furthermore, the business purpose includes consulting, project planning and implementation of technical solutions in various industries as well as the distribution and optimization of machines and plants. The company may participate in other companies, acquire and exploit industrial property rights, intellectual property rights and licenses, and acquire, hold and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. In addition, the company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect partner companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, either for consideration or free of charge, enter into indemnification obligations or subordination agreements in favor of such companies, and provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such other companies, either for consideration or free of charge, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of any kind.