Webhelp opens new customer care center in Romania's Iasi, hires 300

French group Webhelp, which is active in the Business Process Outsourcing sector, will open a new customer care center in Iasi where it will hire 300 people. The center will operate on the fifth floor of the Moldova Center office building and will cover 2,300 sqm. Webhelp will invest EUR 800,000 in setting up the center in two stages. It will first organize a surface of 1,300 sqm by July 2016, and then open another 1,000 sqm by the end of the year. The French group has another five customer care centers in Romania, in Bucharest, Galati, and Ploiesti. These employ over 2,000 people. Its business has increased every year from 2011 onwards. In 2014, the company posted a turnover of over EUR 18 million, over three times higher compared to 2010, according to public data. editor@romania-insider.com (photo source: Webhelp Romania on Facebook)