The purpose of the company is the development, marketing, distribution, sale, import and export, support and representation of any form of products and services related to technical materials, in particular medical products, industrial products as well as commercial and consumer goods and their components. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches, as well as participate in other companies. The company may acquire, hold, encumber and sell real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may also carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to group companies and third parties, including its (direct and indirect) shareholders and their group companies, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.