The Hardinge Group Blog

For the past 120 years, we have done our best to keep our customers in mind as we create new and improved methods to make our sales process easier and more effective. Our products have evolved and so have the ways of delivering them to you.

If you haven’t used it yet, Hardinge has set up www.ShopHardinge.com for customers to search and purchase our complete workholding/accessories products and the world famous Bridgeport Knee Mill repair parts. It’s an easy and reliable way to get the products you want with the information and instructions you need. The site was designed to be simple yet informative, well-organized and efficiently productive; we hope you’ll agree.

ShopHardinge.com now allows you to set up a personal customer online account with us so that you can keep track of the data your business needs. The integrated online system is available 24/7 and allows our customers to verify product availability, review open and past orders, pay invoices, and more. You’ll also notice some of the tools we have to offer during the purchasing process including Quick Add, Live Chat and integrated UPS tracking.

We believe it’s comforting to see what you’re ordering before making the purchase. Each day we are adding hundreds of product pictures along with videos, product catalogues and miscellaneous information readily available to download in PDF format.

ShopHardinge.com is not replacing our sales staff, it’s giving us the opportunity to work more efficiently by providing additional online options to our consumers, streamlined invoicing, tracking, and purchase history data. Instead of going through automated voice machines and elevator music, our sales staff is online during business hours so you always have someone available to ‘chat’ you through your order. We’re also available to discuss the new features and online ordering process over the phone; simply contact a Hardinge representative for a demonstration today by calling 800-843-8801.
 

Horseheads, New York—Hardinge Inc. was recently profiled as both a unique company and industry leader on “World’s Greatest”, a television series highlighting innovation and excellence from some of the world’s greatest companies, products, places, and people.

How 2 Media, the producers of the television show “World’s Greatest!…”, selected Hardinge Workholding and Rotary Products Group to be a part of the popular television series. “Hardinge is exactly the type of company that we like to feature on “World’s Greatest!…”. They’re an innovative and multiple award-winning company; a true leader in providing a wide range of highly reliable turning, milling, grinding, rotary and workholding solutions, supporting a variety of market applications including aerospace, automotive, medical, energy, construction, agriculture, mold, tool and die, and more. We believe that their more than 100 year-old history alone make this a great story to tell,” said Gordon Freeman, Executive Producer of the show. “We sent our film crew to the Hardinge global headquarters in Horseheads to get the story behind the story on this great company, and to show the ““World’s Greatest!…” viewers why Hardinge was selected as the best of the best in their category, and therefore featured on the show. “World’s Greatest!…” is a fast-paced tour around the world featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews of some of the most amazing and unique companies, products, people, and travel destinations the world has to offer. The producers of How-2-Media have recognized some of the most respected and visionary people and companies that you’ll ever see.”

By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer Paul Wiseman, Ap Economics Writer – Mon Jan 31, 6:35 am ET

WASHINGTON – U.S. factories are closing. American manufacturing jobs are reappearing overseas. China’s industrial might is growing each year. And it might seem as if the United States doesn’t make world-class goods as well as some other nations. “There’s no reason Europe or China should have the fastest trains, or the new factories that manufacture clean energy products,” President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union policy address last week.

Yet America remains by far the No. 1 manufacturing country. It out-produces No. 2 China by more than 40 percent. U.S. manufacturers cranked out nearly $1.7 trillion in goods in 2009, according to the United Nations.  The story of American factories essentially boils down to this: They’ve managed to make more goods with fewer workers.  The United States has lost nearly 8 million factory jobs since manufacturing employment peaked at 19.6 million in mid-1979. U.S. manufacturers have placed near the top of world rankings in productivity gains over the past three decades.

That higher productivity has meant a leaner manufacturing force that’s capitalized on efficiency.

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