The purpose of the company is the import and export of products from South America and other countries. The company may also hold interests in companies of any kind in Switzerland and abroad, establish such companies, acquire or merge with them. It may acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate or intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad by decision of the managers. The company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect associates as well as to any other group company and may also guarantee their obligations to third parties in any way, including by means of pledges, assignments or transfers for security or guarantees of any kind, remunerated or not, even if these guarantees and securities exclusively serve the interests of the direct or indirect associates or other group companies.