The company's purpose is to research and execute a general business, trade in all construction materials as well as the purchase, sale and management of real estate; trade in goods of all kinds (outside the construction sector). It may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, acquire, build, encumber, administer and sell real estate, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing its purpose or relating directly or indirectly thereto.