The company's purpose is to engage in trade in all its forms (purchase, sale, rental, import, export and representation) of construction materials, particularly in the fields of heavy construction and finishing work, tools, fasteners, hardware, machinery, steel products for industry, household appliances and kitchens, as well as the provision of all services in these fields. The company may, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, carry out all financial, commercial, industrial, movable and immovable transactions in Switzerland and abroad, directly or indirectly related to its main purpose; establish branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; participate in all companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose; grant loans or any other form of financing to, and provide guarantees of any kind, for the direct or indirect benefit of its associates, companies of the same group or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the company's assets.