AUBURN — Larry Sudbay, president and chief executive officer of SymQuest Group, a provider of network and document technology solutions and services, announces that the company has acquired the business operations of Downeast Networks Inc. in Auburn.

SymQuest currently provides document solutions from their Westbrook office. The acquisition of Downeast Networks means SymQuest will provide both network and document solutions throughout Maine, just as it does in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire.

SymQuest is headquartered in South Burlington, Vt., and also has offices in Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Rutland, Vt.; Keene and West Lebanon, N.H.

Downeast Networks was founded by Michael Pratt with the vision of providing small to midsize companies the type of technical services usually reserved for large companies.

Pratt is joined by employees Jody Shimamura, account executive; Derek New, senior project engineer; Frank Farrell, network support engineer; Justin Tharpe, network support engineer; Tommy Venenga, network support engineer; and Michele Herman, sales administrator, who will remain on staff.

For more information about SymQuest and The SymQuest Way, go to: www.SymQuest.com or call (800) 374-9900.