The company's purpose is the marketing, import-export, wholesale and/or retail of articles and products of any kind, in particular instrumental goods in the context of companies, as well as the provision of services in these fields. 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, in particular in the aforementioned sectors. The company may assume interests and participations in other companies or industrial, commercial, financial and service companies in Switzerland or abroad, in the sector related to the company's purpose or in other sectors. The company may also 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, sell, restructure, encumber, administer real estate in Switzerland and abroad, in compliance with the applicable regulations, as well as participate in real estate companies and enterprises with headquarters and/or activities in Switzerland and abroad. Finally, the company may carry out all commercial, industrial and financial operations deemed necessary or useful and functionally connected with the company's purpose or aimed at achieving it, and open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.