The purpose of the company is to provide services related to production facilities, in particular to companies in the chemical, paper and wood industries. The company may engage in trade in goods of all kinds, participate in other companies, establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, exploit and sell industrial property rights, know-how and real estate, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as enter into security transactions, including guarantees, pledges, global assignments, security transfers and indemnification agreements, for affiliated companies and third parties, even if these are in their exclusive interest.