The company's purpose is to provide engineering and manufacturing services for research, development and production of products (plants, machines, devices, vehicles and components) for various industries, consulting third parties in the fields of engineering, product development and support, as well as all related activities. The company may acquire, exploit, manage and dispose of companies, properties and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and perform all legal transactions that may be necessary or suitable to promote its purpose or the development of group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest, whether through loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.