Industry Spedition Number of employees 4,000 (2012) | Website www.willibetz.com Founded 1945 Type of business GmbH & Co KG | |
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Key people Rainer Bisinger, Wolfgang Bisinger Revenue > 1.000 Mio. Euro (2008) Subsidiaries Willi Betz France, Willi Betz Güterfernverkehr GmbH, Willi Betz Logistik S.R.O. | ||
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The Internationale Spedition Willi Betz GmbH& Co. KG was founded in 1945 by 17-year-old Willi Betz (5 December 1927 – 12 December 2015) in Undingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. It is a German road haulage and logistics company with its headquarters located in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Over 4,000 people are employed in more than 40 locations in Europe and the Near and Middle East. With an own vehicle fleet of about 2,000 tractors and 3.000 trailers, Willi Betz GmbH &Co. KG is to one of the largest forwarding and transportation companies in Europe.
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Due to his close contacts with the state-owned transportation company Somat in Bulgaria in the 1960s, the company was able to expand on an international level. In the 1990s Somat has been integrated into the Willi Betz Group and the company had the chance to evolve into a leading forwarding and transportation company in Southeast Europe, Near and Middle East.
Today the Willi Betz Group has branches in 25 countries. In 2008 the company achieved a turnover of over 1 billion euros. At the end of 2011 the company sold its subsidiary LGI to focus on its core business forwarding and transport services as well as the expansion of activities in Eastern Europe. In 2012 Wolfgang Bisinger and Martin Rilling have been appointed CEOs of Internationale Spedition Willi Betz GmbH & Co. KG, in June 2015 Rainer Bisinger succeeded Martin Rilling as CEO.