Artech Information Systems LLC, a multinational staffing and professional services firm, acquired Tech-Pro Inc., a Minneapolis-based IT solutions company providing IT, engineering and business strategies. Although Artech has an established footprint in Kansas and Minnesota, the acquisition expands its customer support and deliverables across the Midwestern US region.

The transaction closed Jan. 4; terms were not disclosed.

Tech-Pro, which counts 295 employees, will continue to operate under the Tech-Pro brand.  Its existing management team will remain, but titles will change to comply with Artech’s global organizational structure.

“We are pleased to have an experienced management and delivery team in the Twin Cities region and look forward to working with them to expand Artech’s regional footprint,” said Ajay Poddar, Artech’s executive VP. “We are excited about the potential to offer the Tech-Pro team’s skills and capabilities in IT solutions, staffing, and MSP/VMS relationships to our clients.”

Artech, headquartered in Morristown, NJ, was founded in 1992. It provides workforce solutions, IT consulting, and SOW-project services. Artech employs over 7,200 professionals and maintains over 25 locations across the US, India and China. the company is included on Staffing Industry Analysts’ list of US diversity staffing firms and ranks No. 11 on the list of largest IT staffing firms in the US.