Development, production, commercialization and licensing of stationary and mobile solution systems, technologies and products in the field of food, beverages, household appliances, everyday products as well as related patents, designs and trademark rights. The company may participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate directly or indirectly in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or providing guarantees, sureties or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect companies or other group companies and are granted free of charge.