Acquisition, sale, development, application and exploitation of physical and chemical processes, manufacture and distribution of devices, facilities and machines of all kinds, in particular in the field of solar energy or solar systems, provision of management services and administrative activities to their direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, as well as acquisition, sale, management and exploitation of intellectual property rights, in particular patents and license rights, and mainly in the field of solar technology. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, manage and sell real estate, grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, for consideration or free of charge, and provide security of all kinds for the liabilities of such group companies, including guarantees, pledges and fiduciary transfers of the company's assets.