The purpose of the company is to provide services and to manufacture and trade products in the fields of occupational safety, operational safety, transport safety, load securing, load handling, height safety, lifting technology and related fields. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. It may acquire, encumber, sell, manage, rent and lease real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, manage, hold and sell intellectual property rights such as patents, trademarks, etc. and licenses of any kind. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to group companies or third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.