Raleigh-based Transite Technology, a developer of transportation management systems, has merged with 3Gtms.

3Gtms, a 6-employee company based in Connecticut, develops transportation software.

Transite employs 10 people in Raleigh. It makes technology that assist carriers, shippers and other transportation companies reduce their supply chain costs.

The combined company will retain the 3Gtms name and be based in Connecticut. But it will maintain an office in Raleigh, where Transite now employs 10 people.

The merged company is also adding four new hires to bring its headcount to 20.

“This is exciting news for Transite customers and for the transportation software market as a whole," said Mitch Weseley, CEO of 3Gtms, in a statement. "We are doubling the size of the company, almost overnight, to meet the growing demand for our products and to drive improvement and innovation throughout the company."

Transite's customers include GE, Pergo and Samsonite, according to the company's website.