Technical and commercial consulting and advice, operation and development of any industry in the following fields: naval, port, high seas, lake and river, as well as all activities related to engineering; operation and trade of materials, raw materials and machines as well as their installation; all mobile and immobile transactions, purchase, sale, brokerage, development, marketing, transaction, assistance and management of materials, installations and real estate; the company may also obtain or grant loans to third parties or its shareholders, short-term or long-term, with or without guarantee, as well as pledge its real estate as security for loans granted to third parties or its shareholders. The company may act, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, in Switzerland and abroad, in compliance with the LFAIE regarding any real estate acquisition in Switzerland.