 When one of the banks, where Biermans had lent money to fund his company, went bankrupt Fr.Van Dooren and Georges Dupret provided him capital to continue his business and saved his company, AT.When Leonard Biermans died in 1897, his company was incorporated to a N.V., and Georges Dupret became the President of the company, whereas the Management Board of the company was led by Henri Van den Bosch.