Company Overview

Hardinge Inc. (NASDAQ: HDNG) is a leading international provider of advanced metal-cutting solutions. The Company 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, its customers include numerous end users in the aerospace, agricultural, transportation, basic cons...

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Company Overview

Hardinge Inc. (NASDAQ: HDNG) is a leading international provider of advanced metal-cutting solutions. The Company 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, its customers include numerous 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. Hardinge employs approximately 1,400 employees worldwide with manufacturing operations in Switzerland, Taiwan, United States, China, and United Kingdom.

At Hardinge, we infuse a culture of quality, innovation and service among all our associates at all of our facilities, and enforce strict quality standards worldwide. We’ve developed a strong and effective global presence with manufacturing and distribution locations on three continents, which enables us to adapt more quickly to changing local business conditions. Approximately 75% of our revenue in 2012 came from outside of North America.

Hardinge at a Glance

Turning: Hardinge^® manufactures a full line of metal-cutting lathes to meet a broad spectrum of performance, capacity and budget requirements. Our turning solutions are known for precision, flexibility and durability, as well as our focus on utilizing technology that reduces tool wear and overall operating costs.

Milling: Our Bridgeport^® mills set the standard for Milling Machines for over 80 years.  Ever since Bridgeport began manufacturing the world's most popular mill, the Bridgeport's Series-I Knee Mill, Bridgeport has continued to be among the strongest brand names in the industry.  Our current range of products provide our customers the latest technology and performance they expect from a Bridgeport!

Grinding: The Hardinge Grinding Group provides Swiss precision and High-Performance grinding with over 300 years of combined grinding experience.  With over 100 machine models collectively among our Kellenberger^® Jones & Shipman^®, Hauser^® and Tschudin^® brands, we service virtually every industry with superior grinding solutions.

Workholding / Industrial Products: Hardinge^® has one of the world's most complete lines of workholding and industrial products, including collets, feed fingers, pads, tool holders and rotary products. We sell more than 38,000 standard products and provide components for most brands of lathes and mills, as well as grinding, automatic screw and rotary transfer machines, and other automation and assembly operations.