The company's purpose is to conduct industrial research, development, industrialization, manufacturing and distribution of scientific-technical instruments and products, provide services related to these, register, purchase or sell patents, licenses, know-how, trademarks and similar rights and interests of any kind. The company may participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire or sell real estate, and enter into any business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.