The operation of mechanical workshops, the manufacture of fittings and industrial valves and their sale; the marketing of valves in general for the chemical and petroleum industries; the provision of services, in particular installation and maintenance services; the purchase, sale, exchange and construction of residential and industrial properties, as well as the management of social properties. Furthermore, it may, in compliance with the prohibitions, limits, conditions and authorizations provided for by law, and in particular with regard to the collection of savings from the public, carry out all commercial, industrial, financial, movable and immovable transactions deemed necessary or useful by the administration for the achievement of the company's purpose: to this exclusive end, it may also acquire, directly or indirectly, interests and participations in other companies or undertakings having a similar, related or connected object to its own, as well as guarantee obligations to banks and credit institutions in general, also of third parties who are not shareholders.