Provision of services in the fields of trade, information and machine technology; trade in and sale as well as production of goods, in particular machines and plant instruments. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, 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. It may acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate, copyrights, patents and licenses of all kinds.