The business has 73 employees as well as an R&D center in the town of Napier, and will operate as part of ABB’s automation products division. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

Tom Sjoekvist, head of the automation products division of ABB, said: Vectek is an ideal addition to our portfolio of technologies that help customers increase power reliability, productivity and energy efficiency. ABB’s global scope will enable customers on every continent to benefit from this new technology.