The purpose of the company is: the long-term management of participations; the acquisition, subscription, management and disposal, in its own name or as trustee, of participations in foreign companies; the purchase, sale, brokerage and trade of goods of all kinds, with particular reference to goods and accessories in the furniture sector; the registration, acquisition, management of trademarks; the company may also develop, acquire, sell, register, receive and grant the use of technologies, know-how, industrial patents and industrial property rights in general; the company may also acquire, manage, sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as participate in companies and enterprises of any kind with headquarters and/or activities in Switzerland and abroad. The company may open branches and/or subsidiaries both in Switzerland and abroad.