The company's purpose is to develop and offer services in the validation of medical devices, services in the field of hygiene and specific products for human, animal and industrial health; to carry out all microbiological and chemical analysis work as well as all consulting engineering work related to agri-food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and environmental problems; to conduct research, development and training activities in the field of environmental hygiene and human, animal and industrial health; to purchase, sell, hold, administer and manage all participations, including the acquisition, direct or indirect, of real estate, which will be exclusively commercial, if located in Switzerland, excluding all operations prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE); to engage in financing, control and consulting activities for the benefit of the companies and corporations in which it participates and to grant guarantees to them. The company may, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, carry out all financial, commercial, industrial or securities transactions, directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose, create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in all companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose and grant loans or guarantees to associates or third parties, if it serves its interests.