BASIS OF PRESENTATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

In these notes, the terms “Hardinge,” or “the Company,” mean Hardinge Inc. and its predecessors together with its subsidiaries.

The Company operates through two reportable segments, Metalcutting Machine Solutions (“MMS”) and Aftermarket Tooling and Accessories (“ATA”). The MMS segment includes high precision computer controlled metalcutting turning machines, vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers, grinding machines, and repair parts related to those machines. The ATA segment includes products, primarily collets and chucks that are purchased by manufacturers throughout the lives of their Hardinge or other branded machines.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements and, therefore, should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as amended. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the timing and amount of assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, and expenses reported and disclosed. Actual amounts could differ from these estimates. All adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods have been presented and recorded. Due to differing business conditions and some seasonality, operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in subsequent quarters or for the full year ended December 31, 2016.

In the first quarter of 2015, the Company recorded an out of period adjustment of $0.7 million to correct finished goods inventory. This adjustment was related to periods beginning in 2013. The adjustment of $0.7 million, which was in the Aftermarket Tooling and Accessories Segment, was to correct for costs that were not properly released from inventory as the product was sold. The Company assessed the impact of this adjustment and concluded that it is not material to previously reported financial statements. The Company also determined that the adjustment was not material to the full year in 2015, but was material to the first quarter. 

Certain amounts in the 2015 consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. In order to provide greater clarity on investments in research and development, these expenses have been reclassified from Cost of Sales to Operating Expenses where the costs are identified as Research and development, a separate line item.