The company's purpose is: the development and manufacture in Switzerland as well as the trade in products and goods of all kinds, in particular of equipment, instruments and surgical implants; the development in Switzerland of technologies for medicine, pharmacology, perfumery, cosmetology, chemistry, mechanical engineering, metallurgy, shipbuilding, aircraft, automotive and locomotive construction and other industries, as well as production in Switzerland in the aforementioned economic sectors; provision of services, execution of work, vocational training (for employees and third parties), organization of symposia and conferences, assembly, installation, diagnosis of equipment and devices, and the conduct of research and scientific work in the aforementioned areas; purchase, sale and management of real estate.