ELMIRA, N.Y., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hardinge Inc. (Nasdaq: HDNG) invites you to participate in a conference call to discuss its financial and operating performance for the quarter ended March 31, 2009.

    What:    Hardinge Inc. 2009 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call
    When:    Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
    Where:   http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=58375
    How:     Live over the Internet at the Web address listed above or by
             phone at the number listed below
    Dial-In: 1-866-411-4706; Outside the U.S. & Canada: 1-904-596-2360

The call is expected to last approximately 40 minutes, with a brief presentation followed by questions from call participants. Richard Simons, President and Chief Executive Officer and Edward Gaio, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will lead the discussion. The Company's first quarter earnings will be released before the market opens on May 7, 2009 and will also be available in the 'Investor Relations' section of the Company's website at www.hardinge.com.

If you are unable to participate at the scheduled time, you may access an audio recording approximately one hour after the call's completion by dialing 1-888-284-7564 (or 1-904-596-3174 outside the U.S. & Canada), and entering the reference number: 248338. This recording will be available through June 30, 2009. The call will be archived on the Company's website for one year and can be accessed any time at no cost during this period.

Hardinge is a global designer, manufacturer and distributor of machine tools, specializing in high-precision, computer controlled, metal-cutting machines. The Company's products are distributed to most of the industrialized markets around the world and in 2008 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 under the symbol, 'HDNG.' For more information, please visit www.hardinge.com.

    For further information contact:
    Edward Gaio
    Vice President and CFO
    (607) 378-4207

SOURCE Hardinge Inc.