The company's purpose is to develop, manufacture, acquire and distribute products in the field of electrical engineering and electronics, particularly in the field of power engineering, as well as mechanical engineering and related technologies; to plan, execute and distribute plants and parts of plants for the generation, transmission, transmission and processing of information and energy, as well as their application to products of all kinds; to manufacture and distribute goods that are useful as accessories and auxiliary materials or as auxiliary means for the manufactured or distributed products, as well as to provide services, in particular project management, consulting, maintenance and repair work. The company may acquire, manage, finance and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad for this purpose. It may operate factories, establish branches, found, acquire or participate in other companies, conclude company agreements and enter into interest groups. The company is authorized to conduct all business and take all measures that are connected with the purpose of the company or appear to be directly or indirectly beneficial to it. The company is empowered to take financing, restructuring and guarantee measures in favor of shareholders, group companies or third parties, as well as to grant loans to shareholders or third parties or to provide security for their obligations.