The purpose of the company is the planning and design as well as the manufacturing of conveying systems, storage systems, operating facilities and machines of all kinds as well as related trade. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, both domestically and abroad, assume representations, and engage in any business activities. The company may also enter into any transactions and agreements that directly or indirectly serve the company's purpose or are directly related thereto. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries. It may provide securities of any kind for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including direct or indirect shareholders of the company or companies in which these shareholders are directly or indirectly involved), including pledges on or fiduciary transfers or assignments of the company's assets, or provide guarantees, enter into sureties, or secure or guarantee obligations of these other companies in any other manner, whether for a fee or not. Furthermore, it may engage in or join a liquidity equalization/concentration of net liquidity (cash pooling) with the aforementioned companies, including periodic account balancing (balancing). This may also be done without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the profit-seeking nature of the company, and assuming clustering risks.