Operation of a personnel agency, personnel consulting, management consulting and provision of marketing services; trade in and distribution of electrical and electronic products and systems, in particular lighting fixtures and overall lighting systems of all kinds, planning and sale of lighting projects, import and export of products of all kinds; may participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold and sell patents, licenses, securities and real estate in Switzerland and abroad; may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.