The company's purpose is to develop and manufacture products in the fields of mobility, mechanical and plant engineering, precision mechanics and related areas, as well as to trade in goods of all kinds, to acquire, manage and dispose of, as well as license intellectual property rights of all kinds, and to carry out other activities related to the development, strengthening and defense of intellectual property rights, in particular also marketing, exploitation and enforcement of such protective rights. The company may participate in other companies, acquire, utilize, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights of all kinds, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and in general carry out all business, take legal actions and conclude contracts that are directly or indirectly related to its purpose or may promote it, in particular also carry out financing for its own account or for the account of third parties and provide security for liabilities of affiliated companies.