Holding, managing and disposing of participations, acquiring, developing, managing, encumbering and selling properties, carrying out financing, taking over management and representation of all kinds, trading in products in the fields of environmental, safety and disposal technology and in other technical areas, operating transport companies, workshop and garage businesses, concluding import and transit transactions, maintaining warehouses for the goods taken over, selling goods through own sales organization or through sub-agency, consulting in sales and marketing, trading in goods of all kinds, fiduciary management of businesses, acquiring and exploiting patents, licenses and other intellectual property rights as well as taking over participations; may establish subsidiaries or merge with similar or related companies, acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate and intellectual property rights of all kinds, carry out financing for its own or third-party account and provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.