The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies, particularly in the fields of industrial manufacturing and management; furthermore, the company aims to manage companies with various industrial processes. The company can conduct all business that is suitable to promote or facilitate the development of the company and the achievement of its purpose, directly or indirectly. It can establish branches, found, acquire, lease, finance or merge with other companies and conduct the related financing transactions. The company can acquire, manage, rent, lease and dispose of real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire, manage and dispose of copyrights, patents and licenses of all kinds.