The company, in the sense of a family business, aims to acquire and manage active participations in industrial and commercial companies in Switzerland and abroad within a group of companies. It can establish branches, acquire, manage and sell real estate, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly suitable to promote or facilitate the achievement of the company's purpose. Furthermore, the company aims to centrally manage the companies within its group, finance them, broker business for them or conclude business in their name and on their account, as well as provide additional services. The company can participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect group companies or providing guarantees or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect group companies and are provided free of charge.