FARO Invites You to Join Its First Quarter 2012 Conference Call

LAKE MARY, Fla., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --FARO Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq: FARO) the most trusted source in 3D measurement and imaging solutions, announced today that after the market closes on May 1, 2012, it will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. In conjunction with FARO's first quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on May 2, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. ET with the Company's President and CEO, Jay Freeland, and CFO, Keith Bair.

Alternately, one may access the call via FARO's web site www.faro.com, then click "Investor Relations", "Conference Calls", then click the relevant date.

If you are unable to participate during the live web cast, the call will be archived on www.faro.com. Conference Call Replay is also available until July 2, 2012, by calling, (800) 688-7339 (domestic) or (402) 220-1347 (international). No code is required.

FARO develops and markets computer-aided coordinate measurement and imaging devices and software. Portable equipment from FARO permits high-precision 3D measurement, imaging and comparison of parts and compound structures within production and quality assurance processes. The devices are used for inspecting components and assemblies, production planning, 3D documentation, as well as for investigation and reconstruction of accident sites or crime scenes. They are also employed to generate digital scans of historic sites.

Worldwide, approximately 13,000 customers are operating more than 26,000 installations of FARO's systems. The Company's global headquarters is located in Lake Mary, Fla., its European head office in Stuttgart, Germany and its Asia/Pacific head office in Singapore. FARO has branches in Brazil, Mexico, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Netherlands, India, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Japan.

Learn more at www.faro.com

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding FARO Technologies Inc's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.

SOURCE FARO Technologies, Inc.