The company's purpose is to acquire and permanently manage participations of all kinds in companies active in the field of engineering in Switzerland and abroad, excluding participations in real estate companies, as well as to finance affiliated or related companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may conduct all business (commercial, industrial, financial or other) that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose or that promotes the achievement of its goals. The company may participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing guarantees or other securities of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge. The company may conduct all other business that directly or indirectly promotes the aforementioned purposes.