import and export, purchase and sale, representation and brokerage of raw materials, products, articles and goods of all kinds and origins; purchase and sale of real estate; acquisition and management of participations in all financial, real estate and commercial companies. The company may carry out, in Switzerland and abroad, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial, commercial, movable or immovable transactions directly or indirectly related to the main purpose. It may also open branches in Switzerland and abroad.