The company may acquire, encumber, manage, administer and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as participate in real estate companies and enterprises with headquarters and/or activities in Switzerland and abroad, in compliance with applicable laws. Any activity carried out in the real estate sector is not aimed at third parties but limited to real estate for its own account. The company's purpose is also to participate in investments, joint venture projects, partnerships and collaborations in both commercial and research and development fields; to carry out market research, marketing, feasibility studies, support and assistance in the introduction and commercialization, development of any kind of products in Switzerland and/or abroad, as well as any other related activity, to assume representations, to market, import-export, wholesale and/or retail, articles and products of any kind, in particular instrumental goods in the context of enterprises, as well as to provide services in these fields. The company may also carry out activities of granting loans, guarantees, including mortgages, sureties and guarantees, also in favor of third parties, excluding, however, the exercise of banking and insurance activities. The company may also acquire, sell, manage, receive and grant the use of technologies, technical know-how, industrial patents, trademarks, licenses and intellectual property rights in general, in particular in the aforementioned sectors. The company may also assume, both directly and indirectly, interests and participations in other industrial, commercial, financial and service companies in Switzerland or abroad, in the sector related to the company's purpose or in other sectors, and open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. Finally, the company may carry out all commercial, industrial and financial operations deemed necessary or useful and functionally connected with the company's purpose or aimed at achieving it.