The company's purpose is to engage, both in Switzerland and abroad, on its own account or in collaboration with other parties, in consulting engineering, development, customer support, the implementation of all engineering or other projects, feasibility studies, research, the commissioning and optimization of industrial equipment and processes, project management, technical supervision, analysis of industrial risks, training, coaching, quality assurance, sales, and the exchange of products related to its purpose, as well as all activities directly or indirectly related to the above purpose. The company may also, in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches or subsidiaries, take participations in, and more generally participate in, all companies and entities having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose; carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial, commercial, movable or immovable transactions (excluding transactions subject to the authorization regime under the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE)) directly or indirectly related to its purpose or likely to promote it, in particular, when permitted by law, acquire, manage, operate and sell real estate; grant loans or any other form of financing, and provide guarantees of all kinds, for the direct or indirect benefit of its associates, companies of the same group or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the Company's assets.