Exhibit 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Advisory Committee of the

Hardinge Inc. Retirement Plan:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No. 33-65049) on Form S-8 of Hardinge Inc. of our report dated June 22, 2010, with respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits of the Hardinge Inc. Retirement Plan as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, and the related supplemental schedule as of December 31, 2009, which report appears in the December 31, 2009 annual report on Form 11-K of the Hardinge Inc. Retirement Plan.

	/S/ BONADIO & CO., LLP
Pittsford, New York
June 22, 2010