UPDATE: Vector acquires contractor Vircom to maintain national footprint

UPDATE: Vector acquires contractor Vircom to maintain national footprint
Jonathan Underhill
(Adds MainPower comment from 5th paragraph) By Gavin Evans Aug. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Vector has agreed to buy Vircom Energy Management Services to help maintain a national service for residential and commercial smart meters. Vircom, owned by Rangiora-based lines company MainPower, has offices there, Auckland, Nelson and Napier. Formed in 2004, it has completed more than 2.6 million smart meter jobs, including many thousands for Vector during the past decade. Vector chief executive Simon Mackenzie said that, with the firm’s mass smart...