AUBURN — Clyde Bergemann Bachmann Inc., formerly Bachmann Industries Inc., now the air-gas handling division of the Clyde Bergemann Power Group, announces it has expanded the professional team at its Auburn headquarters.

Paul Gilman joins the company as project manager. Gilman has a diversified engineering and manufacturing background in the custom machine tool industry. He comes to CBBA from Magnum Integrated Technologies, of Ontario, Canada, where he held several design and project management roles, most recently as a project engineer. He earned an associate’s degree in technical graphics and design technology from Southern Maine Technical College and previously served as a mechanical systems technician in the United States Navy.

Lydia Howes has been hired as communications specialist. Howes has extensive experience in communications and marketing, including working in an engineering and manufacturing environment. She holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Michigan State University and completed graduate studies in business at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C.

CBBA is a global engineering company focusing on high-performance clean energy solutions for power, utility, petrochemical, and industrial applications. The company develops and supplies custom designed and fabricated air-gas handling systems, including dampers, diverters, expansion joints, stacks and exhaust system components for gas turbine and fossil-fired power plants.