Establishment and management of a mobile and immobile estate, participation in the capital of all civil or commercial companies; deposit of trademarks, patents, designs, models and more generally all licenses of these same elements; assistance to its subsidiaries, as well as to all other companies or enterprises; and production and/or sale of all products of a nature to contribute to the realization of the social object of its subsidiaries as well as all other companies or enterprises. The company may create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other enterprises in Switzerland and abroad, acquire enterprises with an identical or analogous purpose, or merge with such enterprises, acquire or sell real estate (excluding activities prohibited by the LFAIE), carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and extending its purpose or relating directly or indirectly thereto.