The company's purpose is to manufacture and distribute, trade in, and provide customer service for conveyor technology equipment, in particular industrial trucks and intralogistics systems (material flow solutions), including components, accessories, and attachments for such products. Furthermore, the company's purpose is to develop and manufacture, as well as trade in, mechanical and mechatronic systems, automation systems, components, and plants, provide services related to such systems, and develop software for such systems and license it. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches, as well as participate in other companies. The company may acquire, hold, encumber, and sell real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to group companies and third parties, including its (direct and indirect) shareholders and their group companies, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.