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

LAKE MARY, Fla., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO) announced that it will release financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2005 on Tuesday, February 21, 2006, before the market opens. In conjunction with FARO's fourth quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, February 21, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. ET with Simon Raab, Chairman and Co-CEO, Jay Freeland, President and Co-CEO, Greg Fraser, Executive Vice President, and Barbara Smith, CFO, all of FARO Technologies.

    What:  FARO Technologies Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call

    When:  Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. ET

Where: When copying and pasting the URL below to access FARO Technologies, Inc. Conference Call, because some Internet sites show the address on two lines, the space will need to be removed. Alternately, one may access the call via FARO's web site http://www.faro.com . Instructions follow.

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-

eventDetails&c=99722&eventID=1200495

From FARO's site: click on Company, Investor Relations, then Conference Calls.

    Dial-in Numbers:  800.762.0873 (domestic) or 785.832.1523 (international)

    Conference ID:  FARO

Conference call replay available until May 21, 2006. The replay numbers are 800.839.9145 (domestic) and 402.220.6080 (international). No code needed.

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 .

SOURCE  FARO Technologies, Inc.
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    /CONTACT:  Sharon Trowbridge, FARO Technologies, Inc., +1-407-333-9911/
    /Web site:  http://www.faro.com /
    (FARO)

CO:  FARO Technologies, Inc.
ST:  Florida
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SU:  CCA

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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.