Wholesale trade, including import and export, of materials and products for the steel industry, materials and products for the chemical industry in general, and for the plastics industry in particular, in primary form, semi-finished and finished products, materials and products for residential, public, commercial construction, materials and products for the wood industry. The company may also engage in activities of supplying plants, machines and their parts for industry in general, and assuming mandates of representation in the various sectors of the aforementioned activities. The company may also acquire, sell, manage, receive for use and grant for use technologies, technical know-how, industrial patents, trademarks, licenses and intellectual property rights in general, particularly in the aforementioned sectors. The company may assume direct or indirect interests and participations in other companies or industrial, commercial, financial and service enterprises in Switzerland or abroad, in the sector related to the company's purpose or in other sectors, and open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may also assume financing, respectively, carry out activities of granting loans, guarantees, including mortgages, sureties and guarantees, also in favor of third parties, excluding, however, the exercise of banking and insurance activities. The company may also acquire, encumber, manage, administer and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as participate in real estate companies and enterprises with headquarters and/or activities in Switzerland and abroad, in compliance with the applicable regulations. Finally, the company may carry out all commercial, industrial and financial operations or of another kind deemed necessary or useful functionally connected with the company's purpose or aimed at achieving its purpose.