The company's purpose is: promotion, storage and marketing of materials, equipment, components and services for the food industry. The company may create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland or abroad, participate in other companies, acquire or establish companies with an identical or similar purpose, grant loans or guarantees to shareholders or third parties, carry out all financial, commercial, movable, real estate and other operations in Switzerland and abroad, and conclude all contracts that are suitable for developing its purpose or related directly or indirectly.