The company's purpose is to manufacture and trade in automobile care products, as well as to manufacture and wholesale and retail other products that may serve the purpose of automobile care. The company operates wholesale and retail trade in automobile accessories, automobile spare parts, and technical equipment for automobiles. Furthermore, the company may engage in trade with automobiles of all kinds, as well as offer and perform maintenance and repair work of all kinds on these vehicles. In addition, the company's purpose is to engage in wholesale trade with paints and varnishes, household chemicals, sanitary equipment, and building materials of all kinds. The company's purpose is to engage in wholesale and retail trade with food, cosmetics and beauty care products, articles of daily household needs, as well as goods made of metal, plastic, and glass. The company may enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it. It may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies or merge with them, hold participations, and exercise holding functions, as well as acquire, manage, and exploit trade marks, manufacturing processes, license rights, copyrights, patents, and know-how.