FARO Technologies Invites You to Join Its Fourth Quarter 2004 Conference Call on the Web

LAKE MARY, Fla., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO) today announced that it will release financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2004 on Wednesday, March 9, 2005, after the market close. In conjunction with FARO's Fourth Quarter, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, March 10, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. with Simon Raab, Chairman and CEO, and Gregory Fraser, Executive Vice President of FARO Technologies.

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    What:    FARO Technologies Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call

    When:    Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.

Where: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=99722&eventID= 1024182

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 .

(Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast: The Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/EN/default.asp , or the Real Player Software, downloadable free from http://www.real.com/realone/index.html?lang=en&loc=us and at least a 28.8 Kbps connection to the Internet.

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"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.