8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 11, 2008

Hardinge Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

New York	000-15760	16-0470200
(State or other jurisdiction of	Commission file number	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)

One Hardinge Drive Elmira, NY 14902

(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip code)

(607) 734-2281

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 2.02  Results of Operations and Financial Conditions

On August 14, 2008 Hardinge Inc. issued a press release announcing that on August 11, 2008, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share on the Company’s common stock. This dividend is payable September 10, 2008 to shareholders of record as of August 29, 2008.

A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

                99    Press release issued by registrant on August 14, 2008.

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SIGNATURES

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	Hardinge Inc.
August 14, 2008	By:	/s/ Edward J. Gaio
Date	Edward J. Gaio
	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EX-99

EXHIBIT 99

Hardinge Inc.	Contact:
One Hardinge Drive	Edward Gaio
Elmira, N.Y. 14902	Vice President and CFO
	(607) 378-4207

Hardinge Inc. Announces Dividend

ELMIRA, N.Y. — August 14, 2008 — Hardinge Inc. (NASDAQ-GS: HDNG), a leading international provider of advanced material-cutting solutions, announced that on August 11, 2008, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share on the Company’s common stock. This dividend is payable September 10, 2008 to stockholders of record as of August 29, 2008.

Hardinge is a global designer, manufacturer and distributor of machine tools, specializing in high-precision, computer controlled, material-cutting machines.  The Company’s products are distributed to most of the industrialized markets around the world and in 2007 approximately 66% of sales were from outside of North America.  Hardinge has a very diverse international customer base and serves a wide variety of end-user markets.  Along with metalworking manufacturers which make parts for a variety of industries, our customers include a wide range of end users in the aerospace, agricultural, transportation, basic consumer goods, communications and electronics, construction, defense, energy, pharmaceutical and medical equipment, and recreation industries, among others.  The Company has manufacturing operations in the United States, Switzerland, Taiwan and China.  Hardinge’s common stock trades on NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol, “HDNG.”  For more information, please visit http://www.hardinge.com.