FARO Technologies Invites You to Join Its First Quarter 2005 Conference Call on the Web

LAKE MARY, Fla., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. (FARO) announced that it will release financial results for its first quarter ended April 2, 2005 on Monday, May 9, 2005, after the market close. In conjunction with FARO's First Quarter, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. with Simon Raab, Chairman and CEO, Jay Freeland, President and COO, Barbara Smith, CFO, and Gregory Fraser, Executive Vice President of FARO Technologies (Nasdaq: FARO).

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    What:     FARO Technologies First Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call

    When:     Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.

Where: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol- eventDetails&c=99722&eventID=1061660 or go on FARO Technologies web site http://www.faro.com , Company, Investor Relations, Conference Calls to obtain access to the conference call

Dial-in Numbers: 877.707.9632 (domestic) or 785.830.1913 (international), Conference ID: FARO

How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above

Contact: Sharon Trowbridge, (407) 333.9911

FARO Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets software and portable, computerized measurement devices that allow manufacturers to perform 3D inspections of parts and assemblies on the shop floor. This helps eliminate manufacturing errors, and thereby increases productivity and profitability for a variety of industries in FARO's worldwide customer base. Learn more at http://www.faro.com .

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived on the Web site http://www.faro.com . The call will also be archived at http://www.prnewswire.com.

There will be a replay of the conference call available until August 10, 2005. The replay numbers are 800.723.8184 (domestic) or 402.220.2668 (international).

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