Manufacture of chemical and pharmaceutical products of all kinds and trade in such products; trade in and storage of grains, feed, fertilizers and other agricultural supplies; trade in plastics and other raw materials; recovery and production of organic solvents, as well as operation of a disposal facility for liquid industrial waste. The company may conduct all business directly or indirectly related to its purpose or the use of its assets, expand its activities to related industries, acquire, sell and manage real estate, and acquire or participate in similar companies. The company may establish branches in Switzerland or abroad. The company may act as part of and in the interest of the group to which it belongs, and in particular grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide security of all kinds for the obligations of such or other companies, whether against payment or not, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by guarantees of any kind.