The company's purpose is to acquire, hold and sell as well as trade in participations in companies and securities of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, to provide consulting services, project management, interim management services, training and trade in goods of all kinds. The company can acquire, manage, broker and sell licenses, patents and other intangible assets as well as real estate. It can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and conduct any business that is connected with the company's purpose or suitable to promote it. The company can also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as enter into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.