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  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  FORM 144
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either
  placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly
  with a market maker.
  
  1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print):  Hardinge Inc.
  1(b) IRS IDENT. NO.: 16-0470200
  1(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.: 0-15760
  1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER: One Hardinge Drive, P.O. Box 1507, Elmira, NY 14902
  1(e) TELEPHONE NO.:  607-378-4140
  2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD:
  Douglas C. Tifft
  2(b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER:  Officer
  2(c) ADDRESS:  One Hardinge Drive, P.O. Box 1507, Elmira, NY 14902
  
  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
  the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  
  3(a) Title of the Class of Securities to Be Sold: Hardinge Common Stock
  3(b) Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities Are to be
  Offered or Each Market Maker Who Is Acquiring the Securities:
  Computershare (DRS), 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021
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  3(c) Number of Shares or Other Units to Be Sold: 4,640
  3(d) Aggregate Market Value: $52,803 as of 12/08/2016
  3(e) Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding: 12,895,670 as of 10/31/2016
  3(f) Approximate Date of Sale: 12/09/2016
  3(g) Name of Each Securities Exchange: NASDAQ
  
  TABLE I  SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
  securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
  purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  Title of the Class:  Common
  Date you Acquired:  12/08/2008
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction:  Award from Hardinge Inc. 2002 Incentive
  Stock Plan
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired:  Hardinge Inc.
  Amount of Securities Acquired:  4,640
  Date of Payment:  Not Applicable
  Nature of Payment:  Not Applicable
  
  TABLE II  SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold
  during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to
  be sold.
  Name and Address of Seller:
  Title of Securities Sold:
  Date of Sale:
  Amount of Securities Sold:
  Gross Proceeds:
  
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.
  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the
  securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that
  definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all
  persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be
  aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice
  relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does
  not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and
  prospecitve operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has
  not been publicly disclosed.  If such person has adopted a written trading
  plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange
  Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted
  or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the
  plan adoption or instruction date.
  
  DATE OF NOTICE:  December 9, 2016
  (SIGNATURE):  s/ Douglas C. Tifft
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities
  are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any
  copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal
  Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  SEC 1147 (02-08)
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  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  FORM 144
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either
  placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly
  with a market maker.
  
  1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print):  Hardinge Inc.
  1(b) IRS IDENT. NO.: 16-0470200
  1(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.: 0-15760
  1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER: One Hardinge Drive, P.O. Box 1507, Elmira, NY 14902
  1(e) TELEPHONE NO.:  607-378-4140
  2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD:
  Douglas C. Tifft
  2(b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER:  Officer
  2(c) ADDRESS:  One Hardinge Drive, P.O. Box 1507, Elmira, NY 14902
  
  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
  the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  
  3(a) Title of the Class of Securities to Be Sold: Hardinge Common Stock
  3(b) Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities Are to be
  Offered or Each Market Maker Who Is Acquiring the Securities:
  Computershare (DRS), 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021
  SEC USE ONLY - Broker-Dealer File Number:
  3(c) Number of Shares or Other Units to Be Sold: 4,640
  3(d) Aggregate Market Value: $52,803 as of 12/08/2016
  3(e) Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding: 12,895,670 as of 10/31/2016
  3(f) Approximate Date of Sale: 12/09/2016
  3(g) Name of Each Securities Exchange: NASDAQ
  
  TABLE I  SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
  securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
  purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  Title of the Class:  Common
  Date you Acquired:  12/08/2008
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction:  Award from Hardinge Inc. 2002 Incentive
  Stock Plan
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired:  Hardinge Inc.
  Amount of Securities Acquired:  4,640
  Date of Payment:  Not Applicable
  Nature of Payment:  Not Applicable
  
  TABLE II  SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold
  during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to
  be sold.
  Name and Address of Seller:
  Title of Securities Sold:
  Date of Sale:
  Amount of Securities Sold:
  Gross Proceeds:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.
  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the
  securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that
  definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all
  persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be
  aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice
  relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does
  not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and
  prospecitve operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has
  not been publicly disclosed.  If such person has adopted a written trading
  plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange
  Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted
  or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the
  plan adoption or instruction date.
  
  DATE OF NOTICE:  December 9, 2016
  (SIGNATURE):  s/ Douglas C. Tifft
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities
  are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any
  copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal
  Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  SEC 1147 (02-08)