The Bee Company expands to Germany

 The Bee Company, a call center belonging to Thurgau-based Premium Communications Holding, is acquiring Mannheim-based SIM Communication Center, a leading German telemarketing provider. SIM employs over 500 people and reported sales of over CHF 20 million for 2007. According to Peter Weigelt, Chairman of the Board of Directors of telemarketer Premium Communications Holding, all SIM employees will continue to be employed. Due to the strong growth of the Group, he assumes that additional capacity will also be required at the Mannheim site in the near future.
Following the integration of SIM, Premium Communications Holding, based in Tägerwilen, now has around 2,200 employees at four locations in Switzerland (Tägerwilen, Lausanne, Zurich and Mendrisio) and three in Germany. Sales of over 120 million Swiss francs are expected in 2008.