The purpose of the company is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds; in particular in the business areas of plant engineering, filling and portioning systems, plastics technology, e-solutions, light metal casting and system technology. The company may grant guarantees in favor of affiliated companies, acquire, exploit and broker industrial property rights, intellectual property rights, know-how and exclusivity rights, acquire, hold, encumber and dispose of real estate in Switzerland and abroad, and participate in other companies. The company may participate in other undertakings, acquire, establish or merge with similar or related undertakings, acquire, sell and encumber properties, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may grant direct or indirect loans or other financing to its parent companies, subsidiaries and third parties, and provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by guaranteeing any kind, whether remunerated or not.