The company's purpose is the research, development, design, manufacturing, optimization, and marketing of advanced materials, including transparent, conductive, and flexible films, as well as related solutions, for industrial, energy, and electronic applications. It can develop these technologies for its own account or on behalf of third parties, file, acquire, hold, manage, exploit, and license any intellectual property rights, including patents, designs, models, trademarks, and know-how. The company can provide consulting, engineering, and technology transfer services, create subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in any enterprises directly or indirectly related to its purpose, and carry out any commercial, financial, movable, or immovable transactions directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company can provide financial assistance to any affiliated company (i.e., direct or indirect subsidiaries, sister companies, or parent companies), including providing loans, advances, guarantees, or securities of any kind, for a fee or free of charge. It can also grant loans, advances, guarantees, or securities of any kind to third parties.