trade in all products, provision of all general services (facility management); operation of a garage and a body shop; any type of transport of people and materials; the company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, acquire or sell real estate (excluding operations prohibited by the LFAIE), carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or related thereto directly or indirectly; it may grant guarantees, make loans or advances to associates or third parties