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.
After privatization, Willi Betz bought the Bulgarian SO MAT, the biggest truck delivery company in the world at the time.
CEO Thomas Betz was convicted of bribery of Georgian and Azerbaijani in a scheme involving hiring underpaid Bulgarian drivers, who were often uninsured, to transport loads in Southeast Europe and beyond for lower wages than other European drivers, while also not declaring Bulgarian employees to the German authorities.
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.
[4] 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.