The company's purpose is to provide consulting and engineering services in the industrial sector. The company may participate in other companies, acquire, manage, exploit and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and carry out all legal transactions that may be necessary or useful for the achievement of its purpose or for the development of the company or its group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, or to its direct or indirect subsidiaries, whether through loans or other forms of financing, and may provide security for their obligations of any kind, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.