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.