The company's purpose is the planning, engineering, construction, commissioning, and maintenance of industrial plants and operations of any kind, as well as their distribution and studies in this field; trading and brokering of transactions with plants, particularly industrial plants and technical equipment of any kind, and providing services in this area, such as consulting and automation. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and domestically and abroad, participate in other domestic and foreign companies, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and enter into any transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable for promoting the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related thereto. The company may acquire, encumber, dispose of, and manage real property domestically and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own or third-party account and provide securities for the liabilities of affiliated companies.