January 9, 2008 -- Charles R. Trego, Jr. has resigned as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Hardinge Inc. (NASDAQ: HDNG), effective March 2. Edward J. Gaio has been named as VP and CFO as of that date.

Gaio joined Hardinge in September 2006 as the company's corporate controller and chief accounting officer. Prior to joining Hardinge he held a number of senior financial management positions with Agilysys (NASDAQ: AGYS).

Trego has served as Hardinge CFO since October 2005. He has resigned to accept the position of CFO with a company outside of the machine tool industry.

Elmira, New York-based Hardinge is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of machine tools, specializing in computer controlled material-cutting machines.

Source: FinancialWire