< Without the intervention of the IDC, 447 employees would otherwise have been unemployed. < In the event that demand increases, those employees retrenched, would be re-hired by ALT. < The majority of ALT's business is dependent on one major client, BMW. < ALT will be employing 200 workers till March 2010. < There is a good working relationship between the management and the labour movement in the company. < The Committee envisage scheduling a joint oversight visit, with the Portfolio Committee on Labour to the Automotive Leather Company during the 3rd term in 2010.