The company's purpose is to carry out general repair, service and assembly work, general services and trade in the fields of industry, mechanical engineering and agriculture; purchasing and selling agricultural and industrial machinery; participating in companies; taking out and granting loans; providing guarantees and other securities; acquiring, managing and exploiting intellectual property rights; carrying out financing and providing guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as provide securities for the liabilities of affiliated companies.