The company's purpose is to provide engineering and consulting services. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and may participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad as well as conduct all business directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, dispose of, and manage real property in Switzerland and abroad. In addition, the company may grant loans or other financing, with or without consideration, to its direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and may provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such group companies, including guarantees, pledges, and fiduciary transfers of the company's assets. Furthermore, the company may engage in or participate in liquidity equalization/net liquidity centralization (cash pooling), including periodic balance adjustments (balancing), with group companies, without consideration, on preferential terms, interest-free, without the intention of making a profit, and by assuming clumping risks.