The company's purpose is to import and export goods of all kinds and to trade in them. It can conduct commercial and financial transactions of all kinds, provide consulting services, assume fiduciary functions, finance other companies, exploit patents and other rights, and acquire and manage real estate. It can participate in other companies, acquire or establish similar or related companies. The company can establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or establish them, as well as acquire, exploit and sell industrial property rights, know-how and real estate.